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CVE-2024-40966

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CVE-2024-40966

Published: Jul 12, 2024

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc ... and use it to limit the virtual terminals to just N_TTY. They are kind of special, and in particular, the "con_write()" routine violates the "writes cannot sleep" rule that some ldiscs rely on. This avoids the BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/printk/printk.c:2659 when N_GSM has been attached to a virtual console, and gsmld_write() calls con_write() while holding a spinlock, and con_write() then tries to get the console lock.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 - < 3c6332f3bb1578b5b10ac2561247b1d6272ae937
affected
e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 - < 287b569a5b914903ba7c438a3c0dbc3410ebb409
affected
e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 - < 5920ac19964f9e20181f63b410d9200ddbf8dc86
affected
e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 - < 6bd23e0c2bb6c65d4f5754d1456bc9a4427fc59b

Linux

Linux

affected
2.6.35
unaffected
0 - < 2.6.35
unaffected
6.1.96 - <= 6.1.*
unaffected
6.6.36 - <= 6.6.*
unaffected
6.9.7 - <= 6.9.*

+1 more versions

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