---
id: CVE-2025-21805
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call

  A warning is triggered when repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the
  rnbd:
   list_add corruption
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call

  A warning is triggered when repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the
  rnbd:
   list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (fff…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.13'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.2'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.13.2
published: '2025-02-27'
updated: '2026-07-30'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21805'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1af2c769032b6b334cd2a867d7d8c7cbbc527b2d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a79cc9bc961fafe90787f86e8f53ba6fad8d63b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81468c4058a62e84e475433b83b3edc613294f5e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00392
epssPercentile: 0.30576
ingestedAt: '2026-07-30T06:53:10.088Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/rtrs: Add missing deinit() call

A warning is triggered when repeatedly connecting and disconnecting the
rnbd:
 list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (ffff88800b13e480), but was ffff88801ecd1338. (prev=ffff88801ecd1340).
 WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 36562 at lib/list_debug.c:32 __list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
 Workqueue: ib_cm cm_work_handler [ib_cm]
 RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
  ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x7f/0xa0
  ib_register_event_handler+0x65/0x93 [ib_core]
  rtrs_srv_ib_dev_init+0x29/0x30 [rtrs_server]
  rtrs_ib_dev_find_or_add+0x124/0x1d0 [rtrs_core]
  __alloc_path+0x46c/0x680 [rtrs_server]
  ? rtrs_rdma_connect+0xa6/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
  ? rcu_is_watching+0xd/0x40
  ? __mutex_lock+0x312/0xcf0
  ? get_or_create_srv+0xad/0x310 [rtrs_server]
  ? rtrs_rdma_connect+0xa6/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
  rtrs_rdma_connect+0x23c/0x2d0 [rtrs_server]
  ? __lock_release+0x1b1/0x2d0
  cma_cm_event_handler+0x4a/0x1a0 [rdma_cm]
  cma_ib_req_handler+0x3a0/0x7e0 [rdma_cm]
  cm_process_work+0x28/0x1a0 [ib_cm]
  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2f/0x50
  cm_req_handler+0x618/0xa60 [ib_cm]
  cm_work_handler+0x71/0x520 [ib_cm]

Commit 667db86bcbe8 ("RDMA/rtrs: Register ib event handler") introduced a
new element .deinit but never used it at all. Fix it by invoking the
`deinit()` to appropriately unregister the IB event handler.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 6.12, < 6.12.13`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.2`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.13.2`