CVE-2024-40966
Published: Jul 12, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 - < 3c6332f3bb1578b5b10ac2561247b1d6272ae937affected e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 - < 287b569a5b914903ba7c438a3c0dbc3410ebb409affected e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 - < 5920ac19964f9e20181f63b410d9200ddbf8dc86affected e1eaea46bb4020b38a141b84f88565d4603f8dd0 - < 6bd23e0c2bb6c65d4f5754d1456bc9a4427fc59b |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.35unaffected 0 - < 2.6.35unaffected 6.1.96 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.36 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.9.7 - <= 6.9.*+1 more versions |
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