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block: mark GFP_NOIO around sysfs ->store()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: mark GFP_NOIO around sysfs ->store() sysfs ->store is called with queue freezed, meantime we have several ->store() callbacks(update_nr_requests, wbt, scheduler) to allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL which may run into direct reclaim code path, then potential deadlock can be caused. Fix the issue by marking NOIO around sysfs ->store()

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.109, 6.13.3
CVEs
CVE-2025-21817
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 17:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

block: mark GFP_NOIO around sysfs ->store()

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Feb 2025, 20:04 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: mark GFP_NOIO around sysfs ->store() sysfs ->store is called with queue freezed, meantime we have several ->store() callbacks(update_nr_requests, wbt, scheduler) to allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL which may run into direct reclaim code path, then potential deadlock can be caused. Fix the issue by marking NOIO around sysfs ->store()

osv:CVE-2025-21817

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.109, 6.13.3

Complete source record
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