CVE-2025-21807
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
block: fix queue freeze vs limits lock order in sysfs store methods
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix queue freeze vs limits lock order in sysfs store methods queue_attr_store() always freezes a device queue before calling the attribute store operation. For attributes that control queue limits, the store operation will also lock the queue limits with a call to queue_limits_start_update(). However, some drivers (e.g. SCSI sd) may need to issue commands to a device to obtain limit values from the hardware with the queue limits locked. This creates a potential ABBA deadlock situation if a user attempts to modify a limit (thus freezing the device queue) while the device driver starts a revalidation of the device queue limits. Avoid such deadlock by not freezing the queue before calling the ->store_limit() method in struct queue_sysfs_entry and instead use the queue_limits_commit_update_frozen helper to freeze the queue after taking the limits lock. This also removes taking the sysfs lock for the store_limit method as it doesn't protect anything here, but creates even more nesting. Hopefully it will go away from the actual sysfs methods entirely soon. (commit log adapted from a similar patch from Damien Le Moal)
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0327ca9d53bfbb0918867313049bba7046900f73 | affected | git | 1645cd7fd42c236c952e9228badcac4fea1829ea | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0327ca9d53bfbb0918867313049bba7046900f73 | affected | git | 8985da5481562e96b95e94ed8e5cc9b6565eb82b | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0327ca9d53bfbb0918867313049bba7046900f73 | affected | git | c99f66e4084a62a2cc401c4704a84328aeddc9ec | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.12.96 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.13.2 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.13.* | None listed |
| 6.14 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |