CVE-2024-40966

Published Jul 12, 2024

Last updated 4 months ago

Overview

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.
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis