CVE-2024-38667

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Sus pilas se superponen con sus pt_regs, por lo que ambos pueden corromperse. Se ha solucionado un problema similar para el coraz\u00f3n principal; consulte c7cdd96eca28 (\"riscv: evite la corrupci\u00f3n de la pila reservando task_pt_regs(p) anticipadamente\"). Sin embargo, esa soluci\u00f3n no se propag\u00f3 a los corazones secundarios. El problema se ha observado en algunas pruebas de conexi\u00f3n en caliente de CPU con V habilitado. La funci\u00f3n smp_callin almacen\u00f3 varios registros en la pila, corrompiendo la parte superior de la estructura pt_regs, incluido el campo de estado. 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