NFS: Automounted filesystems should inherit ro,noexec,nodev,sync flags
Priority LOW 33CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Automounted filesystems should inherit ro,noexec,nodev,sync flags When a filesystem is being automounted, it needs to preserve the user-set superblock mount options, such as the "ro" flag.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00168 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160 +5Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2, 6.19
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68764
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6pgh-g35q-vvjg
- 2026-10-19 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3dc6c40bcab1a888d5c0d134ccc0746b4c98929
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba1495aefd22fcf0746a2a3025c95d766d7cde4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c09070b4def1b34e473a746c6a5331ccb80902c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dce10c59211e5cd763a62ea01e79b82a629811e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/612cc98698d667df804792f0c47d4e501e66da29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b296944e632cf4c6a4cc8e2585c6451eae47b1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df9b003a2ecacc7218486fbb31fe008c93097d5f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8675c69816e4276b979ff475ee5fac4688f80125
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68764 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68764 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6pgh-g35q-vvjg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68764 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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