CVE-2024-40980

MEDIUM EPSS 14.3%
Published Jul 12, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jul 12, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drop_monitor: replace spin_lock by raw_spin_lock trace_drop_common() is called with preemption disabled, and it acquires a spin_lock. This is problematic for RT kernels because spin_locks are sleeping locks in this configuration, which causes the following splat: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 449, name: rcuc/47 preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 2, expected: 2 5 locks held by rcuc/47/449: #0: ff1100086ec30a60 ((softirq_ctrl.lock)){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: __local_bh_disable_ip+0x105/0x210 #1: ffffffffb394a280 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rt_spin_lock+0xbf/0x130 #2: ffffffffb394a280 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: __local_bh_disable_ip+0x11c/0x210 #3: ffffffffb394a160 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_do_batch+0x360/0xc70 #4: ff1100086ee07520 (&data->lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0xb5/0x290 irq event stamp: 139909 hardirqs last enabled at (139908): [<ffffffffb1df2b33>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x63/0x80 hardirqs last disabled at (139909): [<ffffffffb19bd03d>] trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0x26d/0x290 softirqs last enabled at (139892): [<ffffffffb07a1083>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x103/0x170 softirqs last disabled at (139898): [<ffffffffb0909b33>] rcu_cpu_kthread+0x93/0x1f0 Preemption disabled at: [<ffffffffb1de786b>] rt_mutex_slowunlock+0xab/0x2e0 CPU: 47 PID: 449 Comm: rcuc/47 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2-rt1+ #7 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R650/0Y2G81, BIOS 1.6.5 04/15/2022 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xd0 dump_stack+0x14/0x20 __might_resched+0x21e/0x2f0 rt_spin_lock+0x5e/0x130 ? trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0xb5/0x290 ? skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x1bf/0x230 trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0xb5/0x290 ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4a/0x80 ? __pfx_trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0x10/0x10 ? rt_mutex_slowunlock+0x26a/0x2e0 ? skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x1bf/0x230 ? __pfx_rt_mutex_slowunlock+0x10/0x10 ? skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x1bf/0x230 trace_kfree_skb_hit+0x15/0x20 trace_kfree_skb+0xe9/0x150 kfree_skb_reason+0x7b/0x110 skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x1bf/0x230 ? __pfx_skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x10/0x10 ? mark_lock.part.0+0x8a/0x520 ... trace_drop_common() also disables interrupts, but this is a minor issue because we could easily replace it with a local_lock. Replace the spin_lock with raw_spin_lock to avoid sleeping in atomic context.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
14.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-667

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <5.4.279
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.221
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.162
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.96
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.36
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.9.7

References 11

  • cert-portal.siemens.com https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
  • cert-portal.siemens.com https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
  • cert-portal.siemens.com https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ea878684dfb78a9d4f564c39d07e855a9e242e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594e47957f3fe034645e6885393ce96c12286334
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76ce2f9125244e1708d29c1d3f9d1d50b347bda0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96941f29ebcc1e9cbf570dc903f30374909562f5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3722fb69468693555f531cddda5c30444726dac
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1e197a665c2148ebc25fe09c53689e60afea195
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f251ccef1d864790e5253386e95544420b7cd8f3
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ea878684dfb78a9d4f564c39d07e855a9e242e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594e47957f3fe034645e6885393ce96c12286334
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76ce2f9125244e1708d29c1d3f9d1d50b347bda0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96941f29ebcc1e9cbf570dc903f30374909562f5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3722fb69468693555f531cddda5c30444726dac
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1e197a665c2148ebc25fe09c53689e60afea195
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f251ccef1d864790e5253386e95544420b7cd8f3
    Patch