CVE-2025-21908 — Improper Locking in Linux

CWE-667 — Improper Locking42 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.9OSV4.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 84.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateOct 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: fix nfs_release_folio() to not deadlock via kcompactd writeback Add PF_KCOMPACTD flag and current_is_kcompactd() helper to check for it so nfs_release_folio() can skip calling nfs_wb_folio() from kcompactd. Otherwise NFS can deadlock waiting for kcompactd enduced writeback which recurses back to NFS (which triggers writeback to NFSD via NFS loopback mount on the same host, NFSD blocks waiting for XFS's call to __filemap_…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.3 — 6.6.83+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.19-1+1
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-84.84

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-15
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OSV
linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities↗2025-10-08
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OSV
linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2025-10-06
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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-02
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OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-10-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-15
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-08
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-06
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-02
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-02
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