In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx

In __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() the return value of
blk_mq_sysfs_register_hctxs() is not checked. If sysfs creation for hctx
fails, later changing the number of hw_queues or removing disk will
trigger the following warning:

kernfs: can not remove 'nr_tags', no directory
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 637 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1707 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x13f/0x160
Call Trace:
remove_files.isra.1+0x38/0xb0
sysfs_remove_group+0x4d/0x100
sysfs_remove_groups+0x31/0x60
__kobject_del+0x23/0xf0
kobject_del+0x17/0x40
blk_mq_unregister_hctx+0x5d/0x80
blk_mq_sysfs_unregister_hctxs+0x94/0xd0
blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x124/0x760
nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk]
nullb_device_submit_queues_store+0x92/0x120 [null_blk]

kobjct_del() was called unconditionally even if sysfs creation failed.
Fix it by checkig the kobject creation statusbefore deleting it.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4379-1 linux-6.1 security update
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Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx In __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() the return value of blk_mq_sysfs_register_hctxs() is not checked. If sysfs creation for hctx fails, later changing the number of hw_queues or removing disk will trigger the following warning: kernfs: can not remove 'nr_tags', no directory WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 637 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1707 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x13f/0x160 Call Trace: remove_files.isra.1+0x38/0xb0 sysfs_remove_group+0x4d/0x100 sysfs_remove_groups+0x31/0x60 __kobject_del+0x23/0xf0 kobject_del+0x17/0x40 blk_mq_unregister_hctx+0x5d/0x80 blk_mq_sysfs_unregister_hctxs+0x94/0xd0 blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x124/0x760 nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk] nullb_device_submit_queues_store+0x92/0x120 [null_blk] kobjct_del() was called unconditionally even if sysfs creation failed. Fix it by checkig the kobject creation statusbefore deleting it.
Title blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-01T06:18:30.912Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.169Z

Link: CVE-2025-40125

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-12T11:15:42.043

Modified: 2025-11-12T16:19:12.850

Link: CVE-2025-40125

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40125 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-11-12T22:12:12Z

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