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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-40980"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-07-12T12:32:15.569Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-15T00:46:31.441Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-40980"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-40980.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40980"
title: "drop_monitor: replace spin_lock by raw_spin_lock"
summary: "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-\u003elock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0xb5/0x290\nirq event stamp: 139909\nhardirqs last  enabled at (139908): [\u003cffffffffb1df2b33\u003e] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x63/0x80\nhardirqs last disabled at (139909): [\u003cffffffffb19bd03d\u003e] trace_drop_common.constprop.0+0x26d/0x290\nsoftirqs last  enabled at (139892): [\u003cffffffffb07a1083\u003e] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x103/0x170\nsoftirqs last disabled at (139898): [\u003cffffffffb0909b33\u003e] rcu_cpu_kthread+0x93/0x1f0\nPreemption disabled at:\n[\u003cffffffffb1de786b\u003e] 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 \u003cTASK\u003e\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."
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