CVE-2025-68764Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV7.2
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 5
Latest updateApr 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Automounted filesystems should inherit ro,noexec,nodev,sync flags When a filesystem is being automounted, it needs to preserve the user-set superblock mount options, such as the "ro" flag.

Affected Packages13 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.6.05.10.248+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.249-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-173.183+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxf2aedb713c284429987dc66c7aaf38decfc8da2aa3dc6c40bcab1a888d5c0d134ccc0746b4c98929+8
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

16
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📋Vendor Advisories

21
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
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Wiz
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