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CVE-2025-68242
published 2025-12-16

CVE-2025-68242: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix LTP test failures when timestamps are delegated The utimes01 and utime06 tests…

PriorityP424medium4.5
EPSS
0.16%
6.1th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFS: Fix LTP test failures when timestamps are delegated

The utimes01 and utime06 tests fail when delegated timestamps are
enabled, specifically in subtests that modify the atime and mtime
fields using the 'nobody' user ID.

The problem can be reproduced as follow:

# echo "/media *(rw,no_root_squash,sync)" >> /etc/exports
# export -ra
# mount -o rw,nfsvers=4.2 127.0.0.1:/media /tmpdir
# cd /opt/ltp
# ./runltp -d /tmpdir -s utimes01
# ./runltp -d /tmpdir -s utime06

This issue occurs because nfs_setattr does not verify the inode's
UID against the caller's fsuid when delegated timestamps are
permitted for the inode.

This patch adds the UID check and if it does not match then the
request is sent to the server for permission checking.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.17.9-1 (forky)linux 6.17.9-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= e12912d94137ab36ee704a91f465ff15c8b423da < b2e4cda71ed062c87573b016d2d956a62f4258edb2e4cda71ed062c87573b016d2d956a62f4258ed
linuxlinux>= e12912d94137ab36ee704a91f465ff15c8b423da < 0e9be902041c6b9f0ed4b72764187eed1067a42f0e9be902041c6b9f0ed4b72764187eed1067a42f
linuxlinux>= e12912d94137ab36ee704a91f465ff15c8b423da < b623390045a81fc559decb9bfeb79319721d3dfbb623390045a81fc559decb9bfeb79319721d3dfb
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.63-16.12.63-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.9-16.17.9-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-14.146.17.0-14.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.11.0 < 6.12.596.12.59
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.96.17.9
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-oracle
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