CVE-2025-21662

CVE-2025-21662 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix variable not being completed when function returns When cmd_alloc_index(), fails cmd_work_handler() needs to complete ent->slotted before returning early. Otherwise the task which issued the command may hang: mlx5_core 0000:01:00.0: cmd_work_handler:877:(pid 3880418): failed to allocate command entry INFO: task kworker/13:2:4055883 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Not tainted 4.19.90-25.44.v2101.ky10.aarch64 #1 "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. kworker/13:2 D 0 4055883 2 0x00000228 Workqueue: events mlx5e_tx_dim_work [mlx5_core] Call trace: __switch_to+0xe8/0x150 __schedule+0x2a8/0x9b8 schedule+0x2c/0x88 schedule_timeout+0x204/0x478 wait_for_common+0x154/0x250 wait_for_completion+0x28/0x38 cmd_exec+0x7a0/0xa00 [mlx5_core] mlx5_cmd_exec+0x54/0x80 [mlx5_core] mlx5_core_modify_cq+0x6c/0x80 [mlx5_core] mlx5_core_modify_cq_moderation+0xa0/0xb8 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_tx_dim_work+0x54/0x68 [mlx5_core] process_one_work+0x1b0/0x448 worker_thread+0x54/0x468 kthread+0x134/0x138 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.