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CVE-2014-7970
Published: Oct 13, 2014
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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References
SUSE-SU-2015:0736
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
70319
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-2419-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-2514-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095
x_refsource_CONFIRM
60174
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[oss-security] 20141008 CVE-2014-7970: Linux VFS denial of service
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-2420-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2017:2077
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[linux-fsdevel] 20141008 [PATCH] mnt: Prevent pivot_root from creating a loop in the mount tree
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2017:1842
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
linux-kernel-cve20147970-dos(96921)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
USN-2513-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
61142
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1030991
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
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