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.
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Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000
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Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000
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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:15:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | genetlink: fix genl_bind() invoking bind() after -EPERM | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-10-01T08:07:13.883Z
Updated: 2025-10-01T08:07:13.883Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.147Z
Link: CVE-2025-39926
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-10-01T08:15:35.977
Modified: 2025-12-11T18:24:17.957
Link: CVE-2025-39926