n the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix queue freeze vs limits lock order in sysfs store methods queue_attr_store() always freezes a device queue before calling the attribute store operation. For attributes that control queue limits, the store operation will also lock the queue limits with a call to queue_limits_start_update(). However, some drivers (e.g. SCSI sd) may need to issue commands to a device to obtain limit values from the hardware with the queue limits locked. This creates a potential ABBA deadlock situation if a user attempts to modify a limit (thus freezing the device queue) while the device driver starts a revalidation of the device queue limits. Avoid such deadlock by not freezing the queue before calling the ->store_limit() method in struct queue_sysfs_entry and instead use the queue_limits_commit_update_frozen helper to freeze the queue after taking the limits lock. This also removes taking the sysfs lock for the store_limit method as it doesn't protect anything here, but creates even more nesting. Hopefully it will go away from the actual sysfs methods entirely soon. (commit log adapted from a similar patch from Damien Le Moal)
28 Oct 2025, 02:57
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Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| CWE | CWE-667 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8985da5481562e96b95e94ed8e5cc9b6565eb82b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c99f66e4084a62a2cc401c4704a84328aeddc9ec - Patch | |
| Summary |
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27 Feb 2025, 20:16
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| New CVE |
Published : 2025-02-27 20:16
Updated : 2025-10-28 02:57
NVD link : CVE-2025-21807
Mitre link : CVE-2025-21807
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21807
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Improper Locking