CVE-2025-39798
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/09/2025
Last modified:
16/01/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem<br />
<br />
Capabilities cannot be inherited when we cross into a new filesystem.<br />
They need to be reset to the minimal defaults, and then probed for<br />
again.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.19 (including) | 5.4.297 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.241 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.190 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.149 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.103 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.43 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.15.11 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.16 (including) | 6.16.2 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/175afda783e38c0660f2afc0602dd9c83d4e7ee1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3924dab90816d0c683a110628ef386f83a9d1e13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50e0fd0050e510e749e1fdd1d7158e419ff8f3b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73fcb101bb3eb2a552d7856a476b2c0bc3b5ef9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/816a6f60c2c2b679a33fa4276442bafd11473651
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95eb0d97ab98a10e966125c1f274e7d0fc0992b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/987c20428f067c1c7f29ed0a2bd8c63fa74b1c2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8ffee4abd8ec9d7a64d394e0306ae64ba139fd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b01f21cacde9f2878492cf318fee61bf4ccad323
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html



