CVE-2025-39926
MEDIUMLinux kernel - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: genetlink: fix genl_bind() invoking bind() after -EPERM Per family bind/unbind callbacks were introduced to allow families to track multicast group consumer presence, e.g. to start or stop producing events depending on listeners. However, in genl_bind() the bind() callback was invoked even if capability checks failed and ret was set to -EPERM. This means that callbacks could run on behalf of unauthorized callers while the syscall still returned failure to user space. Fix this by only invoking bind() after "if (ret) break;" check i.e. after permission checks have succeeded.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
1.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
Status
published
Affected Products (8)
linux/linux_kernel
< 6.12.48
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel
< 6.12.48linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.16.8linux
Timeline
Published
Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026