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Ubuntu: (CVE-2025-39999): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 15, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 | Nov 4, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: fix blk_mq_tags double free while nr_requests grown In the case user trigger tags grow by queue sysfs attribute nr_requests, hctx->sched_tags will be freed directly and replaced with a new allocated tags, see blk_mq_tag_update_depth(). The problem is that hctx->sched_tags is from elevator->et->tags, while et->tags is still the freed tags, hence later elevator exit will try to free the tags again, causing kernel panic. Fix this problem by replacing et->tags with new allocated tags as well. Noted there are still some long term problems that will require some refactor to be fixed thoroughly[1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
Solutions
References
- CVE-2025-39999
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-39999
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/ba28afbd9eff2a6370f23ef4e6a036ab0cfda409
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/392b1d64911f4de8887fe8b68299fa8bd6e5b923
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8faee580d63bc2a54a59dcdb7f9ce4de29384fec
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba28afbd9eff2a6370f23ef4e6a036ab0cfda409
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39999
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