CVE-2014-7975 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ef3a56b1c466629cd0bf482b09c7b0e5a085bb5 http://secunia.com/advisories/60174 http://secunia.com/advisories/61145 http://secunia.com/advisories/62633 http://secunia.com/advisories/62634 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.stable/109312 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/22 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70314 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031180 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2415-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2416-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2421-1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96994

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5