CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38498

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the do_change_type() function allowed changing propagation settings for mounts not located in the caller's mount namespace. It lacked a check whether the mount is mounted and belongs to the caller.

Risk Assessment

An attacker in a different namespace could change mount propagation settings, potentially leading to privilege escalation or container isolation breach.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that adds a check ensuring the mount is mounted and belongs to the caller's namespace before changing propagation settings.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In 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).

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS