UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40125
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx In __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() the return value of blk_mq_sysfs_register_hctxs() is not checked. If sysfs creation for hctx fails, later changing the number of hw_queues or removing disk will trigger the following warning: kernfs: can not remove 'nr_tags', no directory WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 637 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1707 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x13f/0x160 Call Trace: remove_files.isra.1+0x38/0xb0 sysfs_remove_group+0x4d/0x100 sysfs_remove_groups+0x31/0x60 __kobject_del+0x23/0xf0 kobject_del+0x17/0x40 blk_mq_unregister_hctx+0x5d/0x80 blk_mq_sysfs_unregister_hctxs+0x94/0xd0 blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x124/0x760 nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk] nullb_device_submit_queues_store+0x92/0x120 [null_blk] kobjct_del() was called unconditionally even if sysfs creation failed. Fix it by checkig the kobject creation statusbefore deleting it.
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx In __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() the return value of blk_mq_sysfs_register_hctxs() is not checked. If sysfs creation for hctx fails, later changing the number of hw_queues or removing disk will trigger the following warning: kernfs: can not remove 'nr_tags', no directory WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 637 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1707 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x13f/0x160 Call Trace: remove_files.isra.1+0x38/0xb0 sysfs_remove_group+0x4d/0x100 sysfs_remove_groups+0x31/0x60 __kobject_del+0x23/0xf0 kobject_del+0x17/0x40 blk_mq_unregister_hctx+0x5d/0x80 blk_mq_sysfs_unregister_hctxs+0x94/0xd0 blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x124/0x760 nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk] nullb_device_submit_queues_store+0x92/0x120 [null_blk] kobjct_del() was called unconditionally even if sysfs creation failed. Fix it by checkig the kobject creation statusbefore deleting it.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/4c7ef92f6d4d08a27d676e4c348f4e2922cab3ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c4826b1d900611096e4621e93133db57e13911
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b97e99b87a773d52699521d40864f3ec888e9a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7ef92f6d4d08a27d676e4c348f4e2922cab3ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e7dadc5763c48eb3b9b91265a21f312599ebb2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8c53553f1833cc2d14175d2d72cf37193a01898
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/babc634e9fe2803962dba98a07587e835dbc0731
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc14ea21c4e658814d737ed4dedde6cd626a15ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ddd76ee52bdc16e9f8b1e7791291e785dab032
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40125
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8029-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8029-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8029-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8030-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-6
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-7
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8033-8
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8034-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8034-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8048-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8095-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8095-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8095-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8095-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8095-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8100-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8125-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8126-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8141-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8163-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8163-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8165-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8243-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8261-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40125