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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-22030"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-04-16T14:11:50.625Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-23T15:57:40.079Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:29.455Z"
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-2025-22030"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-22030.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22030"
title: "mm: zswap: fix crypto_free_acomp() deadlock in zswap_cpu_comp_dead()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm: zswap: fix crypto_free_acomp() deadlock in zswap_cpu_comp_dead()\n\nCurrently, zswap_cpu_comp_dead() calls crypto_free_acomp() while holding\nthe per-CPU acomp_ctx mutex.  crypto_free_acomp() then holds scomp_lock\n(through crypto_exit_scomp_ops_async()).\n\nOn the other hand, crypto_alloc_acomp_node() holds the scomp_lock (through\ncrypto_scomp_init_tfm()), and then allocates memory.  If the allocation\nresults in reclaim, we may attempt to hold the per-CPU acomp_ctx mutex.\n\nThe above dependencies can cause an ABBA deadlock.  For example in the\nfollowing scenario:\n\n(1) Task A running on CPU #1:\n    crypto_alloc_acomp_node()\n      Holds scomp_lock\n      Enters reclaim\n      Reads per_cpu_ptr(pool-\u003eacomp_ctx, 1)\n\n(2) Task A is descheduled\n\n(3) CPU #1 goes offline\n    zswap_cpu_comp_dead(CPU #1)\n      Holds per_cpu_ptr(pool-\u003eacomp_ctx, 1))\n      Calls crypto_free_acomp()\n      Waits for scomp_lock\n\n(4) Task A running on CPU #2:\n      Waits for per_cpu_ptr(pool-\u003eacomp_ctx, 1) // Read on CPU #1\n      DEADLOCK\n\nSince there is no requirement to call crypto_free_acomp() with the per-CPU\nacomp_ctx mutex held in zswap_cpu_comp_dead(), move it after the mutex is\nunlocked.  Also move the acomp_request_free() and kfree() calls for\nconsistency and to avoid any potential sublte locking dependencies in the\nfuture.\n\nWith this, only setting acomp_ctx fields to NULL occurs with the mutex\nheld.  This is similar to how zswap_cpu_comp_prepare() only initializes\nacomp_ctx fields with the mutex held, after performing all allocations\nbefore holding the mutex.\n\nOpportunistically, move the NULL check on acomp_ctx so that it takes place\nbefore the mutex dereference."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"8d29ff5d50304daa41dc3cfdda4a9d1e46cf5be1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"747e3eec1d7d124ea90ed3d7b85369df8b4e36d2"},{"version":"12dcb0ef540629a281533f9dedc1b6b8e14cfb65","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a8d18000e9d2d97aaf105f5f9b3b0e8a6fbf8b96"},{"version":"12dcb0ef540629a281533f9dedc1b6b8e14cfb65","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"717d9c35deff6c33235693171bacbb03e9643fa4"},{"version":"12dcb0ef540629a281533f9dedc1b6b8e14cfb65","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c11bcbc0a517acf69282c8225059b2a8ac5fe628"},{"version":"6.12.12","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.12.23"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.13"},{"version":"6.12.23","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.13.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.13.*"},{"version":"6.14.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.14.*"},{"version":"6.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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