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CVE-2025-21690 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: storvsc: Ratelimit warning logs to prevent VM denial of service If there's a persistent error in the hypervisor, the SCSI warning for failed I/O can flood the kernel log and max out CPU utilization, preventing troubleshooting from the VM side. Ratelimit the warning so it doesn't DoS the VM.


Metrics

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01d1ebdab9ccb73c952e1666a8a80abd194dbc55 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/088bde862f8d3d0fc52e40e66a0484a246837087 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/182a4b7c731e95c08cb47f14b87a272b6ab2b2da Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81d4dd05c412ba04f9f6b85b718e6da833be290c Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0f0af1bafef33b3e2aa8c3a4ef44db48df9b0ea Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2138eab8cde61e0e6f62d0713e45202e8457d6d Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
5.15.178
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.16
Up to (excluding)
6.1.128
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
6.2
Up to (excluding)
6.6.75
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
6.7
Up to (excluding)
6.12.12
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-21690
NVD Published Date:
02/10/2025
NVD Last Modified:
02/21/2025
Source:
kernel.org