{"cve":"CVE-2024-50138","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-05T18:15:16.337","modified":"2026-06-17T08:03:41.220","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Use raw_spinlock_t in ringbuf\n\nThe function __bpf_ringbuf_reserve is invoked from a tracepoint, which\ndisables preemption. Using spinlock_t in this context can lead to a\n\"sleep in atomic\" warning in the RT variant. This issue is illustrated\nin the example below:\n\nBUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:48\nin_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 556208, name: test_progs\npreempt_count: 1, expected: 0\nRCU nest depth: 1, expected: 1\nINFO: lockdep is turned off.\nPreemption disabled at:\n[<ffffd33a5c88ea44>] migrate_enable+0xc0/0x39c\nCPU: 7 PID: 556208 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G\nHardware name: Qualcomm SA8775P Ride (DT)\nCall trace:\n dump_backtrace+0xac/0x130\n show_stack+0x1c/0x30\n dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0xe8\n dump_stack+0x18/0x30\n __might_resched+0x3bc/0x4fc\n rt_spin_lock+0x8c/0x1a4\n __bpf_ringbuf_reserve+0xc4/0x254\n bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr+0x5c/0xdc\n bpf_prog_ac3d15160d62622a_test_read_write+0x104/0x238\n trace_call_bpf+0x238/0x774\n perf_call_bpf_enter.isra.0+0x104/0x194\n perf_syscall_enter+0x2f8/0x510\n trace_sys_enter+0x39c/0x564\n syscall_trace_enter+0x220/0x3c0\n do_el0_svc+0x138/0x1dc\n el0_svc+0x54/0x130\n el0t_64_sync_handler+0x134/0x150\n el0t_64_sync+0x17c/0x180\n\nSwitch the spinlock to raw_spinlock_t to avoid this error.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eb34999d118e69a20dc0c6556f315fcb0a1f8d3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b62645b09f870d70c7910e7550289d444239a46","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca30e682e5d6de44d12c4610767811c9a21d59ba","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9543375d9b150b2bcf16bb182e6b62309db0888","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:07.693694550+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-50138","score":0.00221,"percentile":0.12673,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}