CVE-2025-21690 (GCVE-0-2025-21690)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-10 15:58
Modified
2026-01-02 15:28
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Version: f8aea701b77c26732f151aab4f0a70e62eb53d86
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Version: f8aea701b77c26732f151aab4f0a70e62eb53d86
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