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
CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) [CVE-2025-21662 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21662)
