CVE-2025-38498
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
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).
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.17%• Percentile: 7%
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.10.244-1 | < 6.1.147-1 | < 6.12.35-1 | < 6.12.35-1
- debian•linux-6.1
< 6.1.153-1~deb11u1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 5.15.0-156.166 | all
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | < 5.15.0-1092.99 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15
< 5.15.0-1092.99~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14
< 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all | < 5.15.0-1092.99+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | < 5.15.0-1096.105 | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15
< 5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all | < 5.15.0-1096.105+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
< 6.14.0-1007.7
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | < 5.15.0-1076.78 | all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all | < 5.15.0-156.166+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | all | < 5.15.0-1092.101 | all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15
< 5.15.0-1092.101~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
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References (33)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/787937c4e373f1722c4343e5a5a4eb0f8543e589
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7d11fdf8e5db5f34a6c062c7e6ba3a0971879d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/432a171d60056489270c462e651e6c3a13f855b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/064014f7812744451d5d0592f3d2bcd727f2ee93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f091ad0862b02dc42a19a120b7048de848561f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1ddfeb662b668fff69c5f1cfdd9f5d23d55d23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19554c79a2095ddde850906a067915c1ef3a4114
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12f147ddd6de7382dad54812e65f3f08d05809fc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-089022.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38498
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38498
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/12f147ddd6de7382dad54812e65f3f08d05809fc
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7769-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7770-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7771-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7769-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7775-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7776-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7769-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7775-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7775-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7789-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7789-2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38498
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8781-1