userns and mnt_idmap leak in open_tree_attr(2)
Once want_mount_setattr() has returned a positive, it does require
finish_mount_kattr() to release ->mnt_userns. Failing do_mount_setattr()
does not change that.
As the result, we can end up leaking userns and possibly mnt_idmap as
well.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-20814 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: userns and mnt_idmap leak in open_tree_attr(2) Once want_mount_setattr() has returned a positive, it does require finish_mount_kattr() to release ->mnt_userns. Failing do_mount_setattr() does not change that. As the result, we can end up leaking userns and possibly mnt_idmap as well. |
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:45:00 +0000
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Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: userns and mnt_idmap leak in open_tree_attr(2) Once want_mount_setattr() has returned a positive, it does require finish_mount_kattr() to release ->mnt_userns. Failing do_mount_setattr() does not change that. As the result, we can end up leaking userns and possibly mnt_idmap as well. | |
| Title | userns and mnt_idmap leak in open_tree_attr(2) | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:24:06.263Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.997Z
Link: CVE-2025-38247
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-07-09T11:15:26.847
Modified: 2025-11-19T21:01:49.597
Link: CVE-2025-38247
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