Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2025· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2025-21859
CVE-2025-21859
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: gadget: f_midi: f_midi_complete to call queue_work
When using USB MIDI, a lock is attempted to be acquired twice through a re-entrant call to f_midi_transmit, causing a deadlock.
Fix it by using queue_work() to schedule the inner f_midi_transmit() via a high priority work queue from the completion handler.
Affected products
1- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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