CVE-2025-68218
Linux Kernel - Deadlock via Partition Scan Work Dependency
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-multipath: fix lockdep WARN due to partition scan work Blktests test cases nvme/014, 057 and 058 fail occasionally due to a lockdep WARN. As reported in the Closes tag URL, the WARN indicates that a deadlock can happen due to the dependency among disk->open_mutex, kblockd workqueue completion and partition_scan_work completion. To avoid the lockdep WARN and the potential deadlock, cut the dependency by running the partition_scan_work not by kblockd workqueue but by nvme_wq.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.4%
Details
Status
published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.159linux
linux/Kernel
6.12.0 - 6.17.10linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.118linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.60linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.12
Linux/Linux
1f021341eef41e77a633186e9be5223de2ce5d48 - 6d87cd5335784351280f82c47cc8a657271929c3
Linux/Linux
1f021341eef41e77a633186e9be5223de2ce5d48 - b03eb63288a8ffe3adfb34e68309c8e2edb06d0b
Linux/Linux
1f021341eef41e77a633186e9be5223de2ce5d48 - ef4ab2a8abe554379e10303ae86f7c501336ba0d
Linux/Linux
4a57f42e5ed42cb8f1beb262c4f6d3e698939e4e - e2a897ad5f538d314955c747a0a2edb184fcdecd
Linux/Linux
6.1.118 - 6.1.159
... and 10 more
Published
Dec 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026