HighFix available
NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem Capabilities cannot be inherited when we cross into a new filesystem. They need to be reset to the minimal defaults, and then probed for again.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.149, 6.12.43, 6.15.11, 6.16.2, 6.6.103
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-39798
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 17:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 12 Sept 2025, 15:59 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem Capabilities cannot be inherited when we cross into a new filesystem. They need to be reset to the minimal defaults, and then probed for again.
osv:CVE-2025-39798
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.149, 6.6.103, 6.12.43, 6.15.11, 6.16.2
Complete source record
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