Vulnerability · Published Oct 15, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-39999blk-mq: fix blk_mq_tags double free while nr_requests grown

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In plain English

A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: fix blk_mq_tags double free while nr_requests grown In the case user trigger tags grow by queue sysfs attribute nr_requests, hctx->sched_tags will be freed directly and replaced with a new allocated tags, see blk_mq_tag_update_depth(). The problem is that hctx->sched_tags is from elevator->et->tags, while et->tags is still the freed tags, hence later elevator exit will try to free the tags again, causing kernel panic. Fix this problem by replacing et->tags with new allocated tags as well. Noted there are still some long term problems that will require some refactor to be fixed thoroughly[1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250815080216.410665-1-yukuai1@huaweicloud.com/

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux6.16.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-6.6UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1003.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1003.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1003.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1002.3UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-6.6.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39999

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 58567d8e95c096ad234963df90a2ca518901f4b6 – before 8faee580d63bc2a54a59dcdb7f9ce4de29384fecf5a6604f7a4405450e4a1f54e5430f47290c500f – before 392b1d64911f4de8887fe8b68299fa8bd6e5b923f5a6604f7a4405450e4a1f54e5430f47290c500f – before ba28afbd9eff2a6370f23ef4e6a036ab0cfda4096.16.4 – before 6.16.11
Linux Linux 6.17

References