CVE-2025-40146
Published Nov 12, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown Allocate and free sched_tags while queue is freezed can deadlock[1], this is a long term problem, hence allocate memory before freezing queue and free memory after queue is unfreezed. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-40146? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown
Allocate and free sched_tags while queue is freezed can deadlock[1],
this is a long term problem, hence allocate memory before freezing
queue and free memory after queue is unfreezed.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
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