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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2025· Updated Jul 14, 2026

CVE-2025-21745

CVE-2025-21745

Description

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

blk-cgroup: Fix class @block_class's subsystem refcount leakage

blkcg_fill_root_iostats() iterates over @block_class's devices by class_dev_iter_(init|next)(), but does not end iterating with class_dev_iter_exit(), so causes the class's subsystem refcount leakage.

Fix by ending the iterating with class_dev_iter_exit().

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