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CVE-2014-7970

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.04

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty (USN-2419-1) linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic_3.13.0-40.69~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty (USN-2419-1) linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic_3.13.0-40.69~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2420-1) linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic_3.13.0-40.69_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2420-1) linux-image-3.13.0-40-generic_3.13.0-40.69_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2420-1) linux-image-3.13.0-40-lowlatency_3.13.0-40.69_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2420-1) linux-image-3.13.0-40-lowlatency_3.13.0-40.69_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2513-1) linux-image-3.2.0-77-generic_3.2.0-77.114_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2513-1) linux-image-3.2.0-77-generic_3.2.0-77.114_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2513-1) linux-image-3.2.0-77-virtual_3.2.0-77.114_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2513-1) linux-image-3.2.0-77-virtual_3.2.0-77.114_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-2513-1) linux-image-3.2.0-77-generic-pae_3.2.0-77.114_i386.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el6uek update (ELSA-2015-3012) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el6uek-0.4.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el7uek update (ELSA-2015-3012) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el7uek-0.4.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234