CVE-2025-38498 (GCVE-0-2025-38498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-30 06:03 – Updated: 2025-11-03 17:39
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Title
do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts
Summary
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).
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Linux Linux Affected: 07b20889e3052c7e77d6a6a54e7e83446eb1ba84 , < 787937c4e373f1722c4343e5a5a4eb0f8543e589 (git)
Affected: 07b20889e3052c7e77d6a6a54e7e83446eb1ba84 , < c7d11fdf8e5db5f34a6c062c7e6ba3a0971879d2 (git)
Affected: 07b20889e3052c7e77d6a6a54e7e83446eb1ba84 , < 432a171d60056489270c462e651e6c3a13f855b1 (git)
Affected: 07b20889e3052c7e77d6a6a54e7e83446eb1ba84 , < 064014f7812744451d5d0592f3d2bcd727f2ee93 (git)
Affected: 07b20889e3052c7e77d6a6a54e7e83446eb1ba84 , < 4f091ad0862b02dc42a19a120b7048de848561f8 (git)
Affected: 07b20889e3052c7e77d6a6a54e7e83446eb1ba84 , < 9c1ddfeb662b668fff69c5f1cfdd9f5d23d55d23 (git)
Affected: 07b20889e3052c7e77d6a6a54e7e83446eb1ba84 , < 19554c79a2095ddde850906a067915c1ef3a4114 (git)
Affected: 07b20889e3052c7e77d6a6a54e7e83446eb1ba84 , < 12f147ddd6de7382dad54812e65f3f08d05809fc (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.295 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.239 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.186 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.142 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.94 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.34 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.3 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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