CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-39926

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, genelink's genl_bind() invokes the bind() callback even when capability checks fail and -EPERM is returned. Callbacks can therefore run on behalf of unauthorized callers while the syscall still returns failure.

Risk Assessment

An unauthorized user can trigger genl family bind() callbacks, potentially causing unexpected side effects and access control bypass.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that invokes bind() only after permission checks succeed.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: genetlink: fix genl_bind() invoking bind() after -EPERM Per family bind/unbind callbacks were introduced to allow families to track multicast group consumer presence, e.g. to start or stop producing events depending on listeners. However, in genl_bind() the bind() callback was invoked even if capability checks failed and ret was set to -EPERM. This means that callbacks could run on behalf of unauthorized callers while the syscall still returned failure to user space. Fix this by only invoking bind() after "if (ret) break;" check i.e. after permission checks have succeeded.

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