CVE-2025-40261

CVE-2025-40261: critical vulnerability affecting the affected product. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
CVE-2025-40261CVSS 9.8Linux

CVE-2025-40261

CVE-2025-40261: critical vulnerability affecting the affected product. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS
43.24%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
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What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: nvme-fc: Ensure ->ioerr_work is cancelled in nvme_fc_delete_ctrl() nvme_fc_delete_assocation() waits for pending I/O to complete before returning, and an error can cause ->ioerr_work to be queued after cancel_work_sync() had been called. Move the call to cancel_work_sync() to be after nvme_fc_delete_association() to ensure ->ioerr_work is not running when the nvme_fc_ctrl object is freed. Otherwise the following can occur: [ 1135.911754] list_del corruption, ff2d24c8093f31f8->next is NULL [ 1135.917705] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1135.922336] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:52! [ 1135.926784] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 1135.931851] CPU: 48 UID: 0 PID: 726 Comm: kworker/u449:23 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) [ 1135.943490] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R660/0HGTK9, BIOS 2.5.4 01/16/2025 [ 1135.950969] Workqueue: 0x0 (nvme-wq) [ 1135.954673] RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0xf/0x6f [ 1135.961041] Code: c7 c7 98 68 72 94 e8 26 45 fe ff 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 70 68 72 94 e8 18 45 fe ff 0f 0b 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 80 69 72 94 e8 07 45 fe ff <0f> 0b 48 89 d1 48 c7 c7 a0 6a 72 94 48 89 c2 e8 f3 44 fe ff 0f 0b [ 1135.979788] RSP: 0018:ff579b19482d3e50 EFLAGS: 00010046 [ 1135.985015] RAX: 0000000000000033 RBX: ff2d24c8093f31f0 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 1135.992148] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ff2d24d6bfa1d0c0 RDI: ff2d24d6bfa1d0c0 [ 1135.999278] RBP: ff2d24c8093f31f8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff951e2b08 [ 1136.006413] R10: ffffffff95122ac8 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ff2d24c78697c100 [ 1136.013546] R13: fffffffffffffff8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ff2d24c78697c0c0 [ 1136.020677] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff2d24d6bfa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1136.028765] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1136.034510] CR2: 00007fd207f90b80 CR3: 000000163ea22003 CR4: 0000000000f73ef0 [ 1136.041641] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 1136.048776] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 1136.055910] PKRU: 55555554 [ 1136.058623] Call Trace: [ 1136.061074] <TASK> [ 1136.063179] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1b0/0x2f0 [ 1136.067540] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1b0/0x2f0 [ 1136.071898] ? move_linked_works+0x4a/0xa0 [ 1136.075998] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0xf/0x6f [ 1136.081744] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0x12 [ 1136.085584] ? die+0x2e/0x50 [ 1136.088469] ? do_trap+0xca/0x110 [ 1136.091789] ? do_error_trap+0x65/0x80 [ 1136.095543] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0xf/0x6f [ 1136.101289] ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70 [ 1136.105127] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0xf/0x6f [ 1136.110874] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 1136.115059] ? __list_del_entry_valid_or_report.cold+0xf/0x6f [ 1136.120806] move_linked_works+0x4a/0xa0 [ 1136.124733] worker_thread+0x216/0x3a0 [ 1136.128485] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 [ 1136.132758] kthread+0xfa/0x240 [ 1136.135904] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 1136.139657] ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50 [ 1136.143236] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 1136.146988] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 1136.150915] </TASK>

Business impact

Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-40261, a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) affecting the affected product, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.

Recommended administrator action

Confirm whether the affected product is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.

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