CVE-2014-7970

5.5 MEDIUM

Published: October 13, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026

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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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/60174

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/61142

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html