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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-multipath: fix lockdep WARN due to partition scan work Blktests test cases nvme/014, 057 and 058 fail occasionally due to a lockdep WARN. As reported in the Closes tag URL, the WARN indicates that a deadlock can happen due to the dependency among disk->open_mutex, kblockd workqueue completion and partition_scan_work completion. To avoid the lockdep WARN and the potential deadlock, cut the dependency by running the partition_scan_work not by kblockd workqueue but by nvme_wq.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-16 | Published 2025-12-16 | Updated 2025-12-16 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

60de2e03f984cfbcdc12fa552f95087c35a05a98 (git) before 89456dab7ba5ab63d60945440926673a3205e829
affected

4a57f42e5ed42cb8f1beb262c4f6d3e698939e4e (git) before e2a897ad5f538d314955c747a0a2edb184fcdecd
affected

1f021341eef41e77a633186e9be5223de2ce5d48 (git) before ef4ab2a8abe554379e10303ae86f7c501336ba0d
affected

1f021341eef41e77a633186e9be5223de2ce5d48 (git) before b03eb63288a8ffe3adfb34e68309c8e2edb06d0b
affected

1f021341eef41e77a633186e9be5223de2ce5d48 (git) before 6d87cd5335784351280f82c47cc8a657271929c3
affected

a91b7eddf45afeeb9c5ece11dddff5de0921b00f (git)
affected

Default status
affected

6.12
affected

Any version before 6.12
unaffected

6.1.159 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.118 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.60 (semver)
unaffected

6.17.10 (semver)
unaffected

6.18 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/89456dab7ba5ab63d60945440926673a3205e829

git.kernel.org/...c/e2a897ad5f538d314955c747a0a2edb184fcdecd

git.kernel.org/...c/ef4ab2a8abe554379e10303ae86f7c501336ba0d

git.kernel.org/...c/b03eb63288a8ffe3adfb34e68309c8e2edb06d0b

git.kernel.org/...c/6d87cd5335784351280f82c47cc8a657271929c3

cve.org (CVE-2025-68218)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-68218)

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