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CVE-2025-40259scsi: sg: Do not sleep in atomic context

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 1:50 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b builds before 11eeee00c94d770d4e45364060b5f1526dfe567b; from 97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b before db6ac8703ab2b473e1ec845f57f6dd961a388d9f; from 97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b before 109afbd88ecc46b6cc7551367222387e97999765; 97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b builds before 3dfd520c3b4ffe69e0630c580717d40447ab842f; from 97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b before b343cee5df7e750d9033fba33e96fc4399fa88a5; from 97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b before b2c0340cfa25c5c1f65e8590cc1a2dc97d14ef0f; from 97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b before 6983d8375c040bb449d2187f4a57a20de01244fe; from 97d27b0dd015e980ade63fda111fd1353276e28b before 90449f2d1e1f020835cba5417234636937dd657e; and 10 more ranges	CNA record

References

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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