ghsa-cc85-5h45-qhc8
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns
What we want is to verify there is that clone won't expose something hidden by a mount we wouldn't be able to undo. "Wouldn't be able to undo" may be a result of MNT_LOCKED on a child, but it may also come from lacking admin rights in the userns of the namespace mount belongs to.
clone_private_mnt() checks the former, but not the latter.
There's a number of rather confusing CAP_SYS_ADMIN checks in various userns during the mount, especially with the new mount API; they serve different purposes and in case of clone_private_mnt() they usually, but not always end up covering the missing check mentioned above.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38499"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-11T16:15:30Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nclone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns\n\nWhat we want is to verify there is that clone won\u0027t expose something\nhidden by a mount we wouldn\u0027t be able to undo. \"Wouldn\u0027t be able to undo\"\nmay be a result of MNT_LOCKED on a child, but it may also come from\nlacking admin rights in the userns of the namespace mount belongs to.\n\nclone_private_mnt() checks the former, but not the latter.\n\nThere\u0027s a number of rather confusing CAP_SYS_ADMIN checks in various\nuserns during the mount, especially with the new mount API; they serve\ndifferent purposes and in case of clone_private_mnt() they usually,\nbut not always end up covering the missing check mentioned above.",
"id": "GHSA-cc85-5h45-qhc8",
"modified": "2025-08-11T18:31:09Z",
"published": "2025-08-11T18:31:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38499"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38628ae06e2a37770cd794802a3f1310cf9846e3"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c28f922c9dcee0e4876a2c095939d77fe7e15116"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d717325b5ecf2a40daca85c61923e17f32306179"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6a664089f10eab0fb36b6e4f705022210191d2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77078e52fbf018ab986efb3c79065ab35025607"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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