# CVE-2025-37745: PM: hibernate: Avoid deadlock in hibernate_compressor_param_set()

> A local attacker can trigger a deadlock in the Linux kernel hibernation compressor parameter setting, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-62690, AZL-69671, BELL-CVE-2025-37745, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37745, GHSA-x3xp-7x67-4cx9, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-37745, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-37745, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-37745, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-37745, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37745

## What is CVE-2025-37745?

CVE-2025-37745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:

PM: hibernate: Avoid deadlock in hibernate_compressor_param_set()

syzbot reported a deadlock in lock_system_sleep() (see below).

The write operation to "/sys/module/hibernate/parameters/compressor"
conflicts with the registration of ieee80211 device, resulting in a deadlock
when attempting to acquire system_transition_mutex under param_lock.

To avoid this deadlock, change hibernate_compressor_param_set() to use
mutex_trylock() for attempting to acquire system_transition_mutex and
return -EBUSY when it fails.

Task flags need not be saved or adjusted before calling
mutex_trylock(&system_transition_mutex) because the caller is not going
to end up waiting for this mutex and if it runs concurrently with system
suspend in progress, it will be frozen properly when it returns to user
space.

syzbot report:

syz-executor895/5833 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8e0828c8 (system_transition_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: lock_system_sleep+0x87/0xa0 kernel/power/main.c:56

but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8e07dc68 (param_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kernel_param_lock kernel/params.c:607 [inline]
ffffffff8e07dc68 (param_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: param_attr_store+0xe6/0x300 kernel/params.c:586

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #3 (param_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:585 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x19b/0xb10 kernel/locking/mutex.c:730
       ieee80211_rate_control_ops_get net/mac80211/rate.c:220 [inline]
       rate_control_alloc net/mac80211/rate.c:266 [inline]
       ieee80211_init_rate_ctrl_alg+0x18d/0x6b0 net/mac80211/rate.c:1015
       ieee80211_register_hw+0x20cd/0x4060 net/mac80211/main.c:1531
       mac80211_hwsim_new_radio+0x304e/0x54e0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:5558
       init_mac80211_hwsim+0x432/0x8c0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:6910
       do_one_initcall+0x128/0x700 init/main.c:1257
       do_initcall_level init/main.c:1319 [inline]
       do_initcalls init/main.c:1335 [inline]
       do_basic_setup init/main.c:1354 [inline]
       kernel_init_freeable+0x5c7/0x900 init/main.c:1568
       kernel_init+0x1c/0x2b0 init/main.c:1457
       ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148
       ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

-> #2 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
       __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:585 [inline]
       __mutex_lock+0x19b/0xb10 kernel/locking/mutex.c:730
       wg_pm_notification drivers/net/wireguard/device.c:80 [inline]
       wg_pm_notification+0x49/0x180 drivers/net/wireguard/device.c:64
       notifier_call_chain+0xb7/0x410 kernel/notifier.c:85
       notifier_call_chain_robust kernel/notifier.c:120 [inline]
       blocking_notifier_call_chain_robust kernel/notifier.c:345 [inline]
       blocking_notifier_call_chain_robust+0xc9/0x170 kernel/notifier.c:333
       pm_notifier_call_chain_robust+0x27/0x60 kernel/power/main.c:102
       snapshot_open+0x189/0x2b0 kernel/power/user.c:77
       misc_open+0x35a/0x420 drivers/char/misc.c:179
       chrdev_open+0x237/0x6a0 fs/char_dev.c:414
       do_dentry_open+0x735/0x1c40 fs/open.c:956
       vfs_open+0x82/0x3f0 fs/open.c:1086
       do_open fs/namei.c:3830 [inline]
       path_openat+0x1e88/0x2d80 fs/namei.c:3989
       do_filp_open+0x20c/0x470 fs/namei.c:4016
       do_sys_openat2+0x17a/0x1e0 fs/open.c:1428
       do_sys_open fs/open.c:1443 [inline]
       __do_sys_openat fs/open.c:1459 [inline]
       __se_sys_openat fs/open.c:1454 [inline]
       __x64_sys_openat+0x175/0x210 fs/open.c:1454
       do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
       do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

-> #1 ((pm_chain_head).rwsem){++++}-{4:4}:
       down_read+0x9a/0x330 kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1524
       blocking_notifier_call_chain_robust kerne
---truncated---

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37745?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-37745?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-37745 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37745 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37745 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37745/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37745/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37745
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37745
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37745

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