ALSA-2025:21232 Important: container-tools:rhel8 security update

The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc. Security Fixes: runc: container escape via 'masked path' abuse due to mount race conditions CVE-2025-31133 runc: container escape with malicious config due to /dev/console mount and...

RHEL 8 : container-tools:rhel8 (RHSA-2025:21232)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:21232 advisory. The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc. Security Fixes: runc:...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2025:4081-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40198

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parseapplysbmountoptions Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to make sure smountopts is NU...

SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : podman (SUSE-SU-2025:4081-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4081-1 advisory. - CVE-2025-31133: Fixed container escape via 'masked path' abuse due to mount race conditions bsc1252376 -...

CVE-2025-40198

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parseapplysbmountoptions Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to make sure smountopts is NUL terminated. Harden parseapplysbmountoptions by treating smountopts ...

CVE-2025-40195

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mount: handle NULL values in mntnsrelease When calling in listmount mntnsrelease may be passed a NULL pointer. Handle that case gracefully...

AZL-70067 CVE-2025-40198 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.117.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parseapplysbmountoptions Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to make sure smountopts is NUL terminated. Harden parseapplysbmountoptions by treating smountopts ...

AZL-70076 CVE-2025-40195 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.117.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mount: handle NULL values in mntnsrelease When calling in listmount mntnsrelease may be passed a NULL pointer. Handle that case gracefully...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40195

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mount: handle NULL values in mntnsrelease When calling in listmount mntnsrelease may be passed a NULL pointer. Handle that case gracefully...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40198

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parseapplysbmountoptions Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to make sure smountopts is NUL terminated. Harden parseapplysbmountoptions by treating smountopts ...

CVE-2025-40198

CVE-2025-40198 affects the Linux kernel's ext4 subsystem. The issue is a potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options(), triggered by handling of the s_mount_opts string. The fix Hardened parse_apply_sb_mount_options() by treating s_mount_opts as a potential __nonstring and relying ...

CVE-2025-40198

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parseapplysbmountoptions Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to make sure smountopts is NUL terminated. Harden parseapplysbmountoptions by treating smountopts ...

CVE-2025-40198 ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parseapplysbmountoptions Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to make sure smountopts is NUL terminated. Harden parseapplysbmountoptions by treating smountopts ...

CVE-2025-40198 ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parseapplysbmountoptions Unlike other strings in the ext4 superblock, we rely on tune2fs to make sure smountopts is NUL terminated. Harden parseapplysbmountoptions by treating smountopts ...

CVE-2025-40195 mount: handle NULL values in mnt_ns_release()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mount: handle NULL values in mntnsrelease When calling in listmount mntnsrelease may be passed a NULL pointer. Handle that case gracefully...

CVE-2025-40195

CVE-2025-40195 is a Linux kernel vulnerability where, in listmount(), a NULL pointer could be passed to mnt_ns_release(). The fix ensures mnt_ns_release() handles NULL values gracefully, preventing potential crashes or undefined behavior. Connected advisories confirm the issue and provide remedia...

Security update for podman

This update for podman fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-31133: Fixed container escape via 'masked path' abuse due to mount race conditions bsc1252376 CVE-2025-52565: Fixed container escape with malicious config due to /dev/console mount and related races bsc1252376 CVE-2025-52881: Fixed...

kernel: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dochangetype: refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts Ensure that propagation settings can only be changed for mounts located in the caller's mount namespace. This change aligns permission checking with the rest of mount2...

runc: container escape via 'masked path' abuse due to mount race conditions

A flaw was found in runc. This flaw exploits an issue with how masked paths are implementedin runc. When masking files, runc will bind-mount the container's /dev/null inode on top of the file. However, if an attacker can replace /dev/null with a symlink to some other procfs file, runc will instea...