CVE-2025-39999

Linux Kernel < 6.16.11, 6.17.0-6.17.1, 6.18 - Use-After-Free in blk-mq Tags Management

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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]/

Scores

EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 8.1%

Details

Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel < 6.16.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.17.0 - 6.17.1linux
Linux/Linux < 6.17
Linux/Linux 58567d8e95c096ad234963df90a2ca518901f4b6 - 8faee580d63bc2a54a59dcdb7f9ce4de29384fec
Linux/Linux 6.16.11 - 6.16.*
Linux/Linux 6.16.4 - 6.16.11
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux 6.17.1 - 6.17.*
Linux/Linux 6.18
Linux/Linux f5a6604f7a4405450e4a1f54e5430f47290c500f - 392b1d64911f4de8887fe8b68299fa8bd6e5b923
... and 1 more
Published Oct 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026