CVE-2025-68218

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-multipath: fix lockdep WARN due to partition scan work Blktests test cases nvme/014, 057 and 058 fail occasionally due to a lockdep WARN. As reported in the Closes tag URL, the WARN indicates that a deadlock can happen due to the dependency among disk->open_mutex, kblockd workqueue completion and partition_scan_work completion. To avoid the lockdep WARN and the potential deadlock, cut the dependency by running the partition_scan_work not by kblockd workqueue but by nvme_wq.

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-68218 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-68218.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d87cd5335784351280f82c47cc8a657271929c3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89456dab7ba5ab63d60945440926673a3205e829
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b03eb63288a8ffe3adfb34e68309c8e2edb06d0b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2a897ad5f538d314955c747a0a2edb184fcdecd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef4ab2a8abe554379e10303ae86f7c501336ba0d
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025121632-CVE-2025-68218-4aee@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68218
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68218