Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2025-40343
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet-fc: avoid scheduling association deletion twice When forcefully shutting down a port via the configfs interface, nvmet_port_subsys_drop_link() first calls nvmet_port_del_ctrls() and then nvmet_disable_port(). Both functions will eventually schedule all remaining associations for deletion. The current implementation checks whether an association is about to be removed, but only after the work item has already been scheduled. As a result, it is possible for the first scheduled work item to free all resources, and then for the same work item to be scheduled again for deletion. Because the association list is an RCU list, it is not possible to take a lock and remove the list entry directly, so it cannot be looked up again. Instead, a flag (terminating) must be used to determine whether the association is already in the process of being deleted.
EPSS: 0.002 (11.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions a07b4970f464f13640e28e16dad6cfa33647cc99, 4.8, 0
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-40343?
- CVE-2025-40343 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-12-09.
- How severe is CVE-2025-40343?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.