---
id: CVE-2025-39798
title: 'NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem

  Capabilities cannot be inherited when we cross into a new filesystem.
  They need to be reset to …
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    95eb0d97ab98a10e966125c1f274e7d0fc0992b3
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    73fcb101bb3eb2a552d7856a476b2c0bc3b5ef9e
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    3924dab90816d0c683a110628ef386f83a9d1e13
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    175afda783e38c0660f2afc0602dd9c83d4e7ee1
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    987c20428f067c1c7f29ed0a2bd8c63fa74b1c2c
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    816a6f60c2c2b679a33fa4276442bafd11473651
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    a8ffee4abd8ec9d7a64d394e0306ae64ba139fd2
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    50e0fd0050e510e749e1fdd1d7158e419ff8f3b9
  - >-
    Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b <
    b01f21cacde9f2878492cf318fee61bf4ccad323
  - Linux 2.6.19
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-15T21:54:18.287763Z'
published: '2025-09-12'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T22:02:32.213Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39798'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95eb0d97ab98a10e966125c1f274e7d0fc0992b3'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73fcb101bb3eb2a552d7856a476b2c0bc3b5ef9e'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3924dab90816d0c683a110628ef386f83a9d1e13'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/175afda783e38c0660f2afc0602dd9c83d4e7ee1'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/987c20428f067c1c7f29ed0a2bd8c63fa74b1c2c'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/816a6f60c2c2b679a33fa4276442bafd11473651'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8ffee4abd8ec9d7a64d394e0306ae64ba139fd2'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50e0fd0050e510e749e1fdd1d7158e419ff8f3b9'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b01f21cacde9f2878492cf318fee61bf4ccad323'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00278
epssPercentile: 0.20119
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T05:52:46.076Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFS: Fix the setting of capabilities when automounting a new filesystem

Capabilities cannot be inherited when we cross into a new filesystem.
They need to be reset to the minimal defaults, and then probed for
again.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < 95eb0d97ab98a10e966125c1f274e7d0fc0992b3`
- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < 73fcb101bb3eb2a552d7856a476b2c0bc3b5ef9e`
- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < 3924dab90816d0c683a110628ef386f83a9d1e13`
- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < 175afda783e38c0660f2afc0602dd9c83d4e7ee1`
- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < 987c20428f067c1c7f29ed0a2bd8c63fa74b1c2c`
- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < 816a6f60c2c2b679a33fa4276442bafd11473651`
- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < a8ffee4abd8ec9d7a64d394e0306ae64ba139fd2`
- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < 50e0fd0050e510e749e1fdd1d7158e419ff8f3b9`
- `Linux >= 54ceac4515986030c2502960be620198dd8fe25b < b01f21cacde9f2878492cf318fee61bf4ccad323`
- `Linux 2.6.19`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.