CVE-2014-7970

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2014-10-13 10:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:31


NVD link : CVE-2014-7970

Mitre link : CVE-2014-7970

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-7970


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

novell

  • suse_linux_enterprise_server
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption