CVE-2025-38396 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass
Export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() to allow KVM guest_memfd to create
anonymous inodes with proper security context. This replaces the current
pattern of calling alloc_anon_inode() followed by
inode_init_security_anon() for creating security context manually.
This change also fixes a security regression in secretmem where the
S_PRIVATE flag was not clea…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux2bfe15c5261212130f1a71f32a300bcf426443d4 — 66d29d757c968d2bee9124816da5d718eb352959+5
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0