CVE-2025-38498
High
do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts
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).
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 30, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1839 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-38498
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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).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-089022.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/064014f7812744451d5d0592f3d2bcd727f2ee93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12f147ddd6de7382dad54812e65f3f08d05809fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19554c79a2095ddde850906a067915c1ef3a4114
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/432a171d60056489270c462e651e6c3a13f855b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f091ad0862b02dc42a19a120b7048de848561f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/787937c4e373f1722c4343e5a5a4eb0f8543e589
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1ddfeb662b668fff69c5f1cfdd9f5d23d55d23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7d11fdf8e5db5f34a6c062c7e6ba3a0971879d2
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38498.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38498