CVE-2025-40146 | blk-mq: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: fix potential deadlock while nr_requests grown Allocate and free sched_tags while queue is freezed can deadlock[1], this is a long term problem, hence allocate memory before freezing queue and free memory after queue is unfreezed. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

Published: 2025-11-12 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40146 is rated Low Risk (3.6/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-40146

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-12 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-40146

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40146

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-40146

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-40146 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40146
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40146
suse medium CVE-2025-40146 severity moderate: SUSE including 20 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 63 product×package rows across 16 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5, … (16 product lines)): Will Not Fix 57, Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40146/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-40146 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 180, needed 112, released 98, not-affected 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40146

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40146

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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References for CVE-2025-40146

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