Answer in brief
CVE-2025-39792 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in dm: Always split write BIOs to zoned device limits. 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 7.8. 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=f211268ed1f9bdf48f06a3ead5f5d88437450579 <d10bf66d9f9335ffc7521b3029b114f50604cabe || >=f211268ed1f9bdf48f06a3ead5f5d88437450579 <f5dd256333c08ab44b5aec4a8118cb04c0f20c54 || >=f211268ed1f9bdf48f06a3ead5f5d88437450579 <4e9fef1cf0243d665d75c371cc80be6156cd30a2 || >=f211268ed1f9bdf48f06a3ead5f5d88437450579 <2df7168717b7d2d32bcf017c68be16e4aae9dd13 | d10bf66d9f9335ffc7521b3029b114f50604cabe, f5dd256333c08ab44b5aec4a8118cb04c0f20c54, 4e9fef1cf0243d665d75c371cc80be6156cd30a2, 2df7168717b7d2d32bcf017c68be16e4aae9dd13 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.10 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 12, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: Always split write BIOs to zoned device limits Any zoned DM target that requires zone append emulation will use the block layer zone write plugging. In such case, DM target drivers must not split BIOs using dm_accept_partial_bio() as doing so can potentially lead to deadlocks with queue freeze operations. Regular write operations used to emulate zone append operations also cannot be split by the target driver as that would result in an invalid writen sector value return using the BIO sector. In order for zoned DM target drivers to avoid such incorrect BIO splitting, we must ensure that large BIOs are split before being passed to the map() function of the target, thus guaranteeing that the limits for the mapped device are not exceeded. dm-crypt and dm-flakey are the only target drivers supporting zoned devices and using dm_accept_partial_bio(). In the case of dm-crypt, this function is used to split BIOs to the internal max_write_size limit (which will be suppressed in a different patch). However, since crypt_alloc_buffer() uses a bioset allowing only up to BIO_MAX_VECS (256) vectors in a BIO. The dm-crypt device max_segments limit, which is not set and so default to BLK_MAX_SEGMENTS (128), must thus be respected and write BIOs split accordingly. In the case of dm-flakey, since zone append emulation is not required, the block layer zone write plugging is not used and no splitting of BIOs required. Modify the function dm_zone_bio_needs_split() to use the block layer helper function bio_needs_zone_write_plugging() to force a call to bio_split_to_limits() in dm_split_and_process_bio(). This allows DM target drivers to avoid using dm_accept_partial_bio() for write operations on zoned DM devices.
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