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Linux Linux — RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0037 30.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 667db86bcbe82e789d82c2e8c8c40756ec2e1999 – —
Linux 6.12 – 6.12.13
TIMELINE
Dec 29 Reserved by Linux
Feb 27 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-21805 (Linux). CVSS 9.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call
A warning is triggered when repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the
rnbd:
list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (ffff88800b13e480), but was ffff88801ecd1338. (prev=ffff88801ecd1340).
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 36562 at lib/list_debug.c:32 __list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
Workqueue: ib_cm cm_work_handler [ib_cm]
RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
ib_register_event_handler+0x65/0x93 [ib_core]
rtrs_srv_ib_dev_init+0x29/0x30 [rtrs_server]
rtrs_ib_dev_find_or_add+0x124/0x1d0 [rtrs_core]
__alloc_path+0x46c/0x680 [rtrs_server]
? rtrs_rdma_connect+0xa6/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
? rcu_is_watching+0xd/0x40
? __mutex_lock+0x312/0xcf0
? get_or_create_srv+0xad/0x310 [rtrs_server]
? rtrs_rdma_connect+0xa6/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
rtrs_rdma_connect+0x23c/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
? __lock_release+0x1b1/0x2d0
cma_cm_event_handler+0x4a/0x1a0 [rdma_cm]
cma_ib_req_handler+0x3a0/0x7e0 [rdma_cm]
cm_process_work+0x28/0x1a0 [ib_cm]
? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2f/0x50
cm_req_handler+0x618/0xa60 [ib_cm]
cm_work_handler+0x71/0x520 [ib_cm]
Commit 667db86bcbe8 ("RDMA/rtrs: Register ib event handler") introduced a
new element .deinit but never used it at all. Fix it by invoking the
`deinit()` to appropriately unregister the IB event handler.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| December 29, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 27, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-21805 (Linux). CVSS 9.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 667db86bcbe82e789d82c2e8c8c40756ec2e1999 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.12 | 6.12.13 |
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