CVE-2025-21668 pmdomain: imx8mp-blk-ctrl: add missing loop break condition
A missing loop break condition in the i.MX8MP block control driver causes an out-of-bounds exception during shutdown, leading to a system crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-21668?
CVE-2025-21668 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 31 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pmdomain: imx8mp-blk-ctrl: add missing loop break condition
Currently imx8mp_blk_ctrl_remove() will continue the for loop until an out-of-bounds exception occurs.
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : dev_pm_domain_detach+0x8/0x48 lr : imx8mp_blk_ctrl_shutdown+0x58/0x90 sp : ffffffc084f8bbf0 x29: ffffffc084f8bbf0 x28: ffffff80daf32ac0 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: ffffffc081658d78 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: ffffffc08201b028 x23: ffffff80d0db9490 x22: ffffffc082340a78 x21: 00000000000005b0 x20: ffffff80d19bc180 x19: 000000000000000a x18: ffffffffffffffff x17: ffffffc080a39e08 x16: ffffffc080a39c98 x15: 4f435f464f006c72 x14: 0000000000000004 x13: ffffff80d0172110 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: ffffff80d0537740 x10: ffffff80d05376c0 x9 : ffffffc0808ed2d8 x8 : ffffffc084f8bab0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : ffffff80d19b9420 x4 : fffffffe03466e60 x3 : 0000000080800077 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000000 Call trace: dev_pm_domain_detach+0x8/0x48 platform_shutdown+0x2c/0x48 device_shutdown+0x158/0x268 kernel_restart_prepare+0x40/0x58 kernel_kexec+0x58/0xe8 __do_sys_reboot+0x198/0x258 __arm64_sys_reboot+0x2c/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x5c/0x138 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x48/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38 el0_svc+0x38/0xc8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x130 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198 Code: 8128c2d0 ffffffc0 aa1e03e9 d503201f
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21668?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-21668?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-21668 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21668 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-21668, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21668, GHSA-qph5-m27v-3fjm, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21668.