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CVE-2025-39926

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-01
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.12.48 / 6.16.8 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
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.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.9, < 6.12.48>= 6.13, < 6.16.8= 6.17

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.12.48 / 6.16.8 or later
Fixed in 6.12.486.16.8
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

6.12.48 (for 6.12.x branches) or 6.16.8 (for 6.13.x through 6.17.x branches)

  1. 1. Identify current kernel version: run `uname -r`
  2. 2. Determine which kernel branch you are running (e.g., 6.12.x, 6.13.x, 6.14.x, 6.15.x, or 6.16.x, 6.17.x)
  3. 3. For 6.12.x branches: upgrade to kernel version 6.12.48 or later
  4. 4. For 6.13.x, 6.14.x, 6.15.x branches: upgrade to kernel version 6.16.8 or later
  5. 5. For 6.16.x branches: upgrade to kernel version 6.16.8 or later
  6. 6. For 6.17.x branches: upgrade to a version beyond 6.17 that includes the fix
  7. 7. After installing the new kernel package, reboot the system to load the patched kernel
  8. 8. Verify the fix is applied by checking `uname -r` shows the updated version
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuilding out-of-tree kernel modules; ensure compatible drivers are available before rebooting

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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