Answer in brief
CVE-2025-21817 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in block: mark GFP_NOIO around sysfs ->store(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1645cd7fd42c236c952e9228badcac4fea1829ea <a09280c39ea54080daf19cfaf4a3121a8d17d5cd || >=8985da5481562e96b95e94ed8e5cc9b6565eb82b <2566ce907e5d5db8a039647208e029ce559baa31 || >=c99f66e4084a62a2cc401c4704a84328aeddc9ec <7c0be4ead1f8f5f8be0803f347de0de81e3b8e1c | a09280c39ea54080daf19cfaf4a3121a8d17d5cd, 2566ce907e5d5db8a039647208e029ce559baa31, 7c0be4ead1f8f5f8be0803f347de0de81e3b8e1c |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=6.12.96 <6.12.109 || >=6.13.2 <6.13.3 | 6.12.109, 6.13.3 |
Published upstream
Feb 27, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 7, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 7, 2026
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()
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