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CVE-2025-40259
scsi: sg: Do not sleep in atomic context
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sg: Do not sleep in atomic context sg_finish_rem_req() calls blk_rq_unmap_user(). The latter function may sleep. Hence, call sg_finish_rem_req() with interrupts enabled instead of disabled.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11eeee00c94d770d4e45364060b5f1526dfe567b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db6ac8703ab2b473e1ec845f57f6dd961a388d9f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/109afbd88ecc46b6cc7551367222387e97999765
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dfd520c3b4ffe69e0630c580717d40447ab842f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b343cee5df7e750d9033fba33e96fc4399fa88a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2c0340cfa25c5c1f65e8590cc1a2dc97d14ef0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6983d8375c040bb449d2187f4a57a20de01244fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90449f2d1e1f020835cba5417234636937dd657e
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b, 8d1f3b474a89b42f957ba3bae959dd3cd16531ca, fa55ef3f803fc7c20be0ab809e6278c31febd875, 6af37613289cfd32516ada47e444b48a638829c8, 4a8e8e0af9a520a685e0ab2d489327d5220d7ce2, ae9b6ae2e77947534e255903627cc62746ea77e2, 3.16.85, 3.18.101, 4.1.52, 4.4.123, 4.9.89, 4.12, 0, 5.4.302, 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.118, 6.12.60, 6.17.10, 6.18
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 4th, 2025
Last Modified:
June 16th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.