{"cve":"CVE-2025-21817","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-27T20:16:04.243","modified":"2026-09-07T16:17:27.213","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblock: mark GFP_NOIO around sysfs ->store()\n\nsysfs ->store is called with queue freezed, meantime we have several\n->store() callbacks(update_nr_requests, wbt, scheduler) to allocate\nmemory with GFP_KERNEL which may run into direct reclaim code path,\nthen potential deadlock can be caused.\n\nFix the issue by marking NOIO around sysfs ->store()","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2566ce907e5d5db8a039647208e029ce559baa31","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c0be4ead1f8f5f8be0803f347de0de81e3b8e1c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a09280c39ea54080daf19cfaf4a3121a8d17d5cd"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21817","score":0.0015,"percentile":0.04121,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}