CVE-2025-39798

CVE-2025-39798

High · published September 12, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00278 · 19.2th percentile
Published
2025-09-12T20:15Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.19, < 5.4.2975.4.297
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.2415.10.241
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1905.15.190
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1496.1.149
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1036.6.103
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.436.12.43
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.15.116.15.11
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.16, < 6.16.26.16.2
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (13)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 SEP 15:59Z
    NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem
    cvelistv5