{"cve":"CVE-2025-68218","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-16T14:15:54.897","modified":"2026-10-15T22:19:10.890","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-multipath: fix lockdep WARN due to partition scan work\n\nBlktests test cases nvme/014, 057 and 058 fail occasionally due to a\nlockdep WARN. As reported in the Closes tag URL, the WARN indicates that\na deadlock can happen due to the dependency among disk->open_mutex,\nkblockd workqueue completion and partition_scan_work completion.\n\nTo avoid the lockdep WARN and the potential deadlock, cut the dependency\nby running the partition_scan_work not by kblockd workqueue but by\nnvme_wq.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d87cd5335784351280f82c47cc8a657271929c3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89456dab7ba5ab63d60945440926673a3205e829","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b03eb63288a8ffe3adfb34e68309c8e2edb06d0b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2a897ad5f538d314955c747a0a2edb184fcdecd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef4ab2a8abe554379e10303ae86f7c501336ba0d"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-68218","score":0.00528,"percentile":0.44396,"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."]}