CVE-2025-38498 Affecting perf package, versions <1:6.1.144-170.251.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PERF-12761871
  • published16 Sept 2025
  • disclosed30 Jul 2025

Introduced: 30 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38498  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf to version 1:6.1.144-170.251.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1111.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

do_change_type(): 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 mount(2).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1