Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-40203
CVE-2025-40203
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
listmount: don't call path_put() under namespace semaphore
Massage listmount() and make sure we don't call path_put() under the namespace semaphore. If we put the last reference we're fscked.
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Affected products
39- osv-coords37 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0
>= 6.8.0, < 6.12.54+ 36 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.8.0, < 6.12.54
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.8.1
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