Improper privilege management in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-68242
Published: December 16, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120155
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-68242
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to read and manipulate data.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed permissions within the nfs_setattr() function in fs/nfs/inode.c. A local user can read and manipulate data.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-68242
Install update from vendor's repository.