https://db.gcve.eu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:57:29 +0000 https://db.gcve.eu/vuln/cve-2024-40966 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc</p> <p>... and use it to limit the virtual terminals to just N_TTY. They are kind of special, and in particular, the &#34;con_write()&#34; routine violates the &#34;writes cannot sleep&#34; rule that some ldiscs rely on.</p> <p>This avoids the</p> <p>BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/printk/printk.c:2659</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc</p> <p>... and use it to limit the virtual terminals to just N_TTY. They are kind of special, and in particular, the &#34;con_write()&#34; routine violates the &#34;writes cannot sleep&#34; rule that some ldiscs rely on.</p> <p>This avoids the</p> <p>BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/printk/printk.c:2659</p> <p>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.</p> https://db.gcve.eu/vuln/cve-2024-40966