# CVE-2025-38326: aoe: clean device rq\_list in aoedev\_downdev()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-10 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.20

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: aoe: clean device rq_list in aoedev_downdev() An aoe device's rq_list contains accepted block requests that are waiting to be transmitted to the aoe target. This queue was added as part of the conversion to blk_mq. However, the queue was not cleaned out when an aoe device is downed which caused blk_mq_freeze_queue() to sleep indefinitely waiting for those requests to complete, causing a hang. This fix cleans out the queue before calling blk_mq_freeze_queue().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed52e9652ba41d362e9ec923077f6da23336f269
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64fc0bad62ed38874131dd0337d844a43bd1017e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef0b5bbbed7f220db2e9c73428f9a36e8dfc69ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/531aef4a1accb13b21a3b82ec29955f4733367d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8662ac79a63488e279b91c12a72b02bc0dc49f7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2a79f0da92614c5dc45c8b3d2638681c7734ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00be74e1470af292c37a438b8e69dee47dcbf481
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f90d45e57cb2ef1f0adcaf925ddffdfc5e680ca

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