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

blk-mq: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown

Allocate and free sched_tags while queue is freezed can deadlock[1],
this is a long term problem, hence allocate memory before freezing
queue and free memory after queue is unfreezed.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/0659ea8d-a463-47c8-9180-43c719e106eb@linux.ibm.com/
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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'}

threat_severity

Moderate


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: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown Allocate and free sched_tags while queue is freezed can deadlock[1], this is a long term problem, hence allocate memory before freezing queue and free memory after queue is unfreezed. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/0659ea8d-a463-47c8-9180-43c719e106eb@linux.ibm.com/
Title blk-mq: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-12T10:23:26.287Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.175Z

Link: CVE-2025-40146

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-11-12T11:15:44.480

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

Link: CVE-2025-40146

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2025-40146 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-11-12T22:12:31Z