SB2014101303 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel

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SB2014101303 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel

Published: October 13, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014101303
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7975)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The do_umount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not require the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for do_remount_sb calls that change the root filesystem to read-only, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (loss of writability) by making certain unshare system calls, clearing the / MNT_LOCKED flag, and making an MNT_FORCE umount system call.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References