{"cve":"CVE-2025-40125","nvd":{"published":"2025-11-12T11:15:42.043","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx\n\nIn __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() the return value of\nblk_mq_sysfs_register_hctxs() is not checked. If sysfs creation for hctx\nfails, later changing the number of hw_queues or removing disk will\ntrigger the following warning:\n\n  kernfs: can not remove 'nr_tags', no directory\n  WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 637 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1707 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x13f/0x160\n  Call Trace:\n   remove_files.isra.1+0x38/0xb0\n   sysfs_remove_group+0x4d/0x100\n   sysfs_remove_groups+0x31/0x60\n   __kobject_del+0x23/0xf0\n   kobject_del+0x17/0x40\n   blk_mq_unregister_hctx+0x5d/0x80\n   blk_mq_sysfs_unregister_hctxs+0x94/0xd0\n   blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x124/0x760\n   nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk]\n   nullb_device_submit_queues_store+0x92/0x120 [null_blk]\n\nkobjct_del() was called unconditionally even if sysfs creation failed.\nFix it by checkig the kobject creation statusbefore deleting it.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c4826b1d900611096e4621e93133db57e13911","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b97e99b87a773d52699521d40864f3ec888e9a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7ef92f6d4d08a27d676e4c348f4e2922cab3ed","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e7dadc5763c48eb3b9b91265a21f312599ebb2c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8c53553f1833cc2d14175d2d72cf37193a01898"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40125","score":0.00225,"percentile":0.13031,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}