CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21832

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the block I/O function blkdev_read_iter() performs iov_iter_revert() with a negative value for -EIOCBQUEUED, causing a WARN and potential issues.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can trigger a kernel warning and potentially destabilize the system through block read operations returning -EIOCBQUEUED.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that prevents reverting the iter for -EIOCBQUEUED, as done in other places.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: don't revert iter for -EIOCBQUEUED blkdev_read_iter() has a few odd checks, like gating the position and count adjustment on whether or not the result is bigger-than-or-equal to zero (where bigger than makes more sense), and not checking the return value of blkdev_direct_IO() before doing an iov_iter_revert(). The latter can lead to attempting to revert with a negative value, which when passed to iov_iter_revert() as an unsigned value will lead to throwing a WARN_ON() because unroll is bigger than MAX_RW_COUNT. Be sane and don't revert for -EIOCBQUEUED, like what is done in other spots.

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