CVE-2025-21690

kernel: scsi: storvsc: Ratelimit warning logs to prevent VM denial of service

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 10, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption