CVE-2024-56721 (GCVE-0-2024-56721)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-12-29 11:29
Modified
2026-08-05 11:46
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/CPU/AMD: Terminate the erratum_1386_microcode array The erratum_1386_microcode array requires an empty entry at the end. Otherwise x86_match_cpu_with_stepping() will continue iterate the array after it ended. Add an empty entry to erratum_1386_microcode to its end.
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Linux Linux Version: 29ba89f1895285f06c333546882e0c5ae9a6df23
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