CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21694

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was resolved in fs/proc regarding a softlockup in __read_vmcore (part 2). In memory-constrained environments like the kdump image, a softlockup can interfere with things like RCU freeing memory, causing the crashdump to get stuck. The fix adds a cond_resched() to the second loop in __read_vmcore.

Risk Assessment

During crash dump (kdump) creation, the system may hang due to a softlockup, preventing collection of diagnostic data after a failure.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds cond_resched() in __read_vmcore to ensure reliable kdump operation.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc: fix softlockup in __read_vmcore (part 2) Since commit 5cbcb62dddf5 ("fs/proc: fix softlockup in __read_vmcore") the number of softlockups in __read_vmcore at kdump time have gone down, but they still happen sometimes. In a memory constrained environment like the kdump image, a softlockup is not just a harmless message, but it can interfere with things like RCU freeing memory, causing the crashdump to get stuck. The second loop in __read_vmcore has a lot more opportunities for natural sleep points, like scheduling out while waiting for a data write to happen, but apparently that is not always enough. Add a cond_resched() to the second loop in __read_vmcore to (hopefully) get rid of the softlockups.

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