CVE-2024-44956
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder weitere unspezifische Angriffe durchzuführen.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The preempt fence critical section in the Intel Xe GPU driver is too small, causing synchronization issues.
- Who is affected
- Systems with Intel Xe GPU hardware running affected kernel versions.
- Urgency
- Medium severity; not exploited but can cause GPU synchronization failures.
- Action
- Apply Linux kernel security patch addressing CVE-2024-44956.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.14% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 4% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[UPDATE] [mittel] Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service oder unspezifischer Angri…cert-bund · 2026-09-15
- mediumCVE-2024-44956: drm/xe/preempt_fence: enlarge the fence critical sectionmsrc · 2026-08-06
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