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Medium
CVE-2014-7970
The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through...
Vulnerability Description
The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60174
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61142
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
suse linux enterprise server, linux kernel, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
11.0, 0, 12.04, 14.04
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 13th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.