Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm rq: don’t queue request to blk-mq during DM suspend
DM uses blk-mq’s quiesce/unquiesce to stop/start device mapper queue.
But blk-mq’s unquiesce may come from outside events, such as elevator switch, updating nr_requests or others, and request may come during suspend, so simply ask for blk-mq to requeue it.
Fixes one kernel panic issue when running updating nr_requests and dm-mpath suspend/resume stress test.
Details
- Affected product:
- CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 4.18.0 (+2 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm rq: don’t queue request to blk-mq during DM suspend
DM uses blk-mq’s quiesce/unquiesce to stop/start device mapper queue.
But blk-mq’s unquiesce may come from outside events, such as elevator switch, updating nr_requests or others, and request may come during suspend, so simply ask for blk-mq to requeue it.
Fixes one kernel panic issue when running updating nr_requests and dm-mpath suspend/resume stress test.