CVE-2025-38396
Published: Jul 25, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass Export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() to allow KVM guest_memfd to create anonymous inodes with proper security context. This replaces the current pattern of calling alloc_anon_inode() followed by inode_init_security_anon() for creating security context manually. This change also fixes a security regression in secretmem where the S_PRIVATE flag was not cleared after alloc_anon_inode(), causing LSM/SELinux checks to be bypassed for secretmem file descriptors. As guest_memfd currently resides in the KVM module, we need to export this symbol for use outside the core kernel. In the future, guest_memfd might be moved to core-mm, at which point the symbols no longer would have to be exported. When/if that happens is still unclear.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 2bfe15c5261212130f1a71f32a300bcf426443d4 - < 66d29d757c968d2bee9124816da5d718eb352959affected 2bfe15c5261212130f1a71f32a300bcf426443d4 - < e3eed01347721cd7a8819568161c91d538fbf229affected 2bfe15c5261212130f1a71f32a300bcf426443d4 - < f94c422157f3e43dd31990567b3e5d54b3e5b32baffected 2bfe15c5261212130f1a71f32a300bcf426443d4 - < 6ca45ea48530332a4ba09595767bd26d3232743baffected 2bfe15c5261212130f1a71f32a300bcf426443d4 - < cbe4134ea4bc493239786220bd69cb8a13493190 |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.0unaffected 0 - < 6.0unaffected 6.1.146 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.97 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.12.37 - <= 6.12.*+2 more versions |
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