{"cve":"CVE-2024-40980","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:19.550","modified":"2026-10-15T01:18:39.740","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrop_monitor: replace spin_lock by raw_spin_lock\n\ntrace_drop_common() is called with preemption disabled, and it acquires\na spin_lock. This is problematic for RT kernels because spin_locks are\nsleeping locks in this configuration, which causes the following splat:\n\nBUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48\nin_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 449, name: rcuc/47\npreempt_count: 1, expected: 0\nRCU nest depth: 2, expected: 2\n5 locks held by rcuc/47/449:\n #0: ff1100086ec30a60 ((softirq_ctrl.lock)){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: __local_bh_disable_ip+0x105/0x210\n #1: ffffffffb394a280 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rt_spin_lock+0xbf/0x130\n #2: ffffffffb394a280 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: __local_bh_disable_ip+0x11c/0x210\n #3: ffffffffb394a160 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_do_batch+0x360/0xc70\n #4: ff1100086ee07520 (&data->lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0xb5/0x290\nirq event stamp: 139909\nhardirqs last  enabled at (139908): [<ffffffffb1df2b33>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x63/0x80\nhardirqs last disabled at (139909): [<ffffffffb19bd03d>] trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0x26d/0x290\nsoftirqs last  enabled at (139892): [<ffffffffb07a1083>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x103/0x170\nsoftirqs last disabled at (139898): [<ffffffffb0909b33>] rcu_cpu_kthread+0x93/0x1f0\nPreemption disabled at:\n[<ffffffffb1de786b>] rt_mutex_slowunlock+0xab/0x2e0\nCPU: 47 PID: 449 Comm: rcuc/47 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc2-rt1+ #7\nHardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R650/0Y2G81, BIOS 1.6.5 04/15/2022\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xd0\n dump_stack+0x14/0x20\n __might_resched+0x21e/0x2f0\n rt_spin_lock+0x5e/0x130\n ? trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0xb5/0x290\n ? skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x1bf/0x230\n trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0xb5/0x290\n ? preempt_count_sub+0x1c/0xd0\n ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4a/0x80\n ? __pfx_trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0x10/0x10\n ? rt_mutex_slowunlock+0x26a/0x2e0\n ? skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x1bf/0x230\n ? __pfx_rt_mutex_slowunlock+0x10/0x10\n ? skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x1bf/0x230\n trace_kfree_skb_hit+0x15/0x20\n trace_kfree_skb+0xe9/0x150\n kfree_skb_reason+0x7b/0x110\n skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x1bf/0x230\n ? __pfx_skb_queue_purge_reason.part.0+0x10/0x10\n ? mark_lock.part.0+0x8a/0x520\n...\n\ntrace_drop_common() also disables interrupts, but this is a minor issue\nbecause we could easily replace it with a local_lock.\n\nReplace the spin_lock with raw_spin_lock to avoid sleeping in atomic\ncontext.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ea878684dfb78a9d4f564c39d07e855a9e242e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594e47957f3fe034645e6885393ce96c12286334","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76ce2f9125244e1708d29c1d3f9d1d50b347bda0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96941f29ebcc1e9cbf570dc903f30374909562f5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3722fb69468693555f531cddda5c30444726dac"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40980","score":0.00757,"percentile":0.54898,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}