CVE-2014-5045 | BDVDB-2026-62996 Detail
Description#
The mountpoint_last function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 does not properly maintain a certain reference count during attempts to use the umount system call in conjunction with a symlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via the umount program.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/24/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68862
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0062.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60353
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122472
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.