CVE-2014-4014 | BDVDB-2026-62306 Detail
Description#
The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67988
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030394
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33824
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/23adbe12ef7d3d4195e80800ab36b37bee28cd03
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59220
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107966
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/10/4
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=23adbe12ef7d3d4195e80800ab36b37bee28cd03
Exploit#
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.