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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2024-57946 EUVD-2024-53849GHSA-hgm3-gq5f-vjwg

virtio-blk: don't keep queue frozen during system suspend

Published Jan 21, 2025 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

virtio-blk: don't keep queue frozen during system suspend

Commit 4ce6e2db00de ("virtio-blk: Ensure no requests in virtqueues before
deleting vqs.") replaces queue quiesce with queue freeze in virtio-blk's
PM callbacks. And the motivation is to drain inflight IOs before suspending.

block layer's queue freeze looks very handy, but it is also easy to cause
deadlock, such as, any attempt to call into bio_queue_enter() may run into
deadlock if the queue is frozen in current context. There are all kinds
of ->suspend() called in suspend context, so keeping queue frozen in the
whole suspend context isn't one good idea. And Marek reported lockdep
warning[1] caused by virtio-blk's freeze queue in virtblk_freeze().

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/ca16370e-d646-4eee-b9cc-87277c89c43c@samsung.com/

Given the motivation is to drain in-flight IOs, it can be done by calling
freeze & unfreeze, meantime restore to previous behavior by keeping queue
quiesced during suspend.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.4.270 – < 5.4.289, 5.10.211 – < 5.10.233, 5.15.150 – < 5.15.176, 6.1.80 – < 6.1.123, 6.6.19 – < 6.6.69, 4.19.308 – < 4.20, 6.7.7 – < 6.8, 6.8 5.4.289

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.12.8-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.8-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.123-1 —
Debian 11 linux 5.10.234-1 DLA-4075-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.128-1~deb11u1 DLA-4076-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1062.64 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-60.63 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1029.31 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1029.34 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1016.17 USN-7522-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1030.32 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1025.29 USN-7515-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1012.14 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1 USN-7379-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1026.26 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1 USN-7381-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1028.31 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1028.31.1 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1017.17 USN-7382-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1028.28 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1026.27 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7524-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-60.63.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-135.146 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1080.87 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1029.31~22.04.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1084.93 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1029.34~22.04.1 USN-7513-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1084.93.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1079.88 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1030.32~22.04.1 USN-7515-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1077.83 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1062.70 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-60.63~22.04.1 USN-7513-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1072.75 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1026.26~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1073.75 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1075.81 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1076.81 USN-7388-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-60.63.1~22.04.1 USN-7513-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1074.75 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1028.31~22.04.1 USN-7514-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1033.33 USN-7389-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1021.21 USN-7389-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1026.27~22.04.1 USN-7513-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1074.77 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-62.65~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1044.48 USN-7390-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-211.231 USN-7391-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1142.152 USN-7392-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1080.87~20.04.1 USN-7388-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1147.154 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1086.95~20.04.1 USN-7421-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1086.95~20.04.1.1 USN-7421-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1101.108 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1145.154 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1081.90~20.04.1 USN-7459-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-136.147~20.04.1 USN-7407-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1088.93 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1074.77~20.04.1 USN-7458-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1048.51 USN-7413-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1129.138 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-135.146~20.04.1 USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1140.150 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1077.83~20.04.1 USN-7459-1, USN-7387-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1129.142 USN-7539-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1075.79~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1060.64 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2023.24 USN-7523-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1022.23 USN-7513-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1073.75 USN-7387-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1080.88 USN-7387-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1022.23~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1080.87+fips1 USN-7387-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1083.92+fips1 USN-7387-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-135.146+fips1 USN-7387-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1079.88+fips1 USN-7387-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1142.153+fips1 USN-7392-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1147.154+fips1 USN-7392-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1116.126 USN-7393-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1145.154+fips1 USN-7392-2
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1039.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1142.152~18.04.1 USN-7401-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1147.154~18.04.1 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1145.154~18.04.1 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-211.231~18.04.1 USN-7391-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1090.95~18.04.1 USN-7463-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1140.149~18.04.1 USN-7392-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1129.142~18.04.1 USN-7540-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_8 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_8 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.124-134.200 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-809
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.124-134.200.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-809

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

Advisories 50

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