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CVE-2024-43865

kernel: s390/fpu: Re-add exception handling in load_fpu_state()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 20, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/fpu: Re-add exception handling in load_fpu_state()

With the recent rewrite of the fpu code exception handling for the lfpc instruction within load_fpu_state() was erroneously removed.

Add it again to prevent that loading invalid floating point register values cause an unhandled specification exception.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CWE-703 · Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions