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CVE-2025-68178
published 2025-12-16

CVE-2025-68178: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: fix possible deadlock while configuring policy Following deadlock can be…

PriorityP420high7.8
EPSS
0.18%
7.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: fix possible deadlock while configuring policy Following deadlock can be triggered easily by lockdep: WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 6.17.0-rc3-00124-ga12c2658ced0 #1665 Not tainted check/1334 is trying to acquire lock: ff1100011d9d0678 (&q->sysfs_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: blk_unregister_queue+0x53/0x180 but task is already holding lock: ff1100011d9d00e0 (&q->q_usage_counter(queue)#3){++++}-{0:0}, at: del_gendisk+0xba/0x110 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #2 (&q->q_usage_counter(queue)#3){++++}-{0:0}: blk_queue_enter+0x40b/0x470 blkg_conf_prep+0x7b/0x3c0 tg_set_limit+0x10a/0x3e0 cgroup_file_write+0xc6/0x420 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x189/0x280 vfs_write+0x256/0x490 ksys_write+0x83/0x190 __x64_sys_write+0x21/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x4608/0x4630 do_syscall_64+0xdb/0x6b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e -> #1 (&q->rq_qos_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: __mutex_lock+0xd8/0xf50 mutex_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40 wbt_init+0x17e/0x280 wbt_enable_default+0xe9/0x140 blk_register_queue+0x1da/0x2e0 __add_disk+0x38c/0x5d0 add_disk_fwnode+0x89/0x250 device_add_disk+0x18/0x30 virtblk_probe+0x13a3/0x1800 virtio_dev_probe+0x389/0x610 really_probe+0x136/0x620 __driver_probe_device+0xb3/0x230 driver_probe_device+0x2f/0xe0 __driver_attach+0x158/0x250 bus_for_each_dev+0xa9/0x130 driver_attach+0x26/0x40 bus_add_driver+0x178/0x3d0 driver_register+0x7d/0x1c0 __register_virtio_driver+0x2c/0x60 virtio_blk_init+0x6f/0xe0 do_one_initcall+0x94/0x540 kernel_init_freeable+0x56a/0x7b0 kernel_init+0x2b/0x270 ret_from_fork+0x268/0x4c0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 -> #0 (&q->sysfs_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}: __lock_acquire+0x1835/0x2940 lock_acquire+0xf9/0x450 __mutex_lock+0xd8/0xf50 mutex_lock_nested+0x2b/0x40 blk_unregister_queue+0x53/0x180 __del_gendisk+0x226/0x690 del_gendisk+0xba/0x110 sd_remove+0x49/0xb0 [sd_mod] device_remove+0x87/0xb0 device_rel

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.17.8-1 (forky)linux 6.17.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 6.4.4 < 6.56.5
linuxlinux>= a13bd91be22318768d55470cbc0b0f4488ef9edf < e1729523759cda2c0afb76b1c88e0d2f2ef5b7cbe1729523759cda2c0afb76b1c88e0d2f2ef5b7cb
linuxlinux>= a13bd91be22318768d55470cbc0b0f4488ef9edf < 56ac639d6fa6fbb99caee74ee1c7276fc9bb47ed56ac639d6fa6fbb99caee74ee1c7276fc9bb47ed
linuxlinux>= a13bd91be22318768d55470cbc0b0f4488ef9edf < 0585b24d71197dd9ee8cf79c168a31628c6319600585b24d71197dd9ee8cf79c168a31628c631960
linuxlinux>= a13bd91be22318768d55470cbc0b0f4488ef9edf < 5d726c4dbeeddef612e6bed27edd29733f4d13af5d726c4dbeeddef612e6bed27edd29733f4d13af
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.63-16.12.63-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.8-16.17.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-106.1066.8.0-106.106
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-14.146.17.0-14.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.86.17.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.5.0 < 6.6.1176.6.117
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.586.12.58
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-xilinx

CVSS provenance

vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
osv3.2LOW
vendor_redhat5.5LOW
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