CVE-2025-38498

NameCVE-2025-38498
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts Ensure that propagation settings can only be changed for mounts located in the caller's mount namespace. This change aligns permission checking with the rest of mount(2).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4327-1, DLA-4328-1, DSA-5973-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.244-1fixed
bookworm6.1.148-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.153-1fixed
trixie6.12.43-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.48-1fixed
forky, sid6.16.12-2fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.153-1~deb11u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.244-1DLA-4327-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.147-1DSA-5973-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.12.35-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.153-1~deb11u1DLA-4328-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/12f147ddd6de7382dad54812e65f3f08d05809fc (6.16-rc1)

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