CVE-2014-7970

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux

First reported 10 years ago

2014-10-13 10:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2018-01-05 02:29:00

Affected Software

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 Service Pack 3

11.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 1

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 2

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 3

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 4

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 5

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 6

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0 release candidate 7

3.0

Linux Kernel 3.0.1

3.0.1

Linux Kernel 3.0.2

3.0.2

Linux Kernel 3.0.3

3.0.3

Linux Kernel 3.0.4

3.0.4

Linux Kernel 3.0.5

3.0.5

Linux Kernel 3.0.6

3.0.6

Linux Kernel 3.0.7

3.0.7

Linux Kernel 3.0.8

3.0.8

Linux Kernel 3.0.9

3.0.9

Linux Kernel 3.0.10

3.0.10

Linux Kernel 3.0.11

3.0.11

Linux Kernel 3.0.12

3.0.12

Linux Kernel 3.0.13

3.0.13

Linux Kernel 3.0.14

3.0.14

Linux Kernel 3.0.15

3.0.15

Linux Kernel 3.0.16

3.0.16

Linux Kernel 3.0.17

3.0.17

Linux Kernel 3.0.18

3.0.18

Linux Kernel 3.0.19

3.0.19

Linux Kernel 3.0.20

3.0.20

Linux Kernel 3.0.21

3.0.21

Linux Kernel 3.0.22

3.0.22

Linux Kernel 3.0.23

3.0.23

Linux Kernel 3.0.24

3.0.24

Linux Kernel 3.0.25

3.0.25

Linux Kernel 3.0.26

3.0.26

Linux Kernel 3.0.27

3.0.27

Linux Kernel 3.0.28

3.0.28

Linux Kernel 3.0.29

3.0.29

Linux Kernel 3.0.30

3.0.30

Linux Kernel 3.0.31

3.0.31

Linux Kernel 3.0.32

3.0.32

Linux Kernel 3.0.33

3.0.33

Linux Kernel 3.0.34

3.0.34

Linux Kernel 3.0.35

3.0.35

Linux Kernel 3.0.36

3.0.36

Linux Kernel 3.0.37

3.0.37

Linux Kernel 3.0.38

3.0.38

Linux Kernel 3.0.39

3.0.39

Linux Kernel 3.0.40

3.0.40

Linux Kernel 3.0.41

3.0.41

Linux Kernel 3.0.42

3.0.42

Linux Kernel 3.0.43

3.0.43

Linux Kernel 3.0.44

3.0.44

Linux Kernel 3.0.45

3.0.45

Linux Kernel 3.0.46

3.0.46

Linux Kernel 3.0.47

3.0.47

Linux Kernel 3.0.48

3.0.48

Linux Kernel 3.0.49

3.0.49

Linux Kernel 3.0.50

3.0.50

Linux Kernel 3.0.51

3.0.51

Linux Kernel 3.0.52

3.0.52

Linux Kernel 3.0.53

3.0.53

Linux Kernel 3.0.54

3.0.54

Linux Kernel 3.0.55

3.0.55

Linux Kernel 3.0.56

3.0.56

Linux Kernel 3.0.57

3.0.57

Linux Kernel 3.0.58

3.0.58

Linux Kernel 3.0.59

3.0.59

Linux Kernel 3.0.60

3.0.60

Linux Kernel 3.0.61

3.0.61

Linux Kernel 3.0.62

3.0.62

Linux Kernel 3.0.63

3.0.63

Linux Kernel 3.0.64

3.0.64

Linux Kernel 3.0.65

3.0.65

Linux Kernel 3.0.66

3.0.66

Linux Kernel 3.0.67

3.0.67

Linux Kernel 3.0.68

3.0.68

Linux Kernel 3.1

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1 release candidate 1

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1 release candidate 2

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1 release candidate 3

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1 release candidate 4

3.1

Linux Kernel 3.1.1

3.1.1

Linux Kernel 3.1.2

3.1.2

Linux Kernel 3.1.3

3.1.3

Linux Kernel 3.1.4

3.1.4

Linux Kernel 3.1.5

3.1.5

Linux Kernel 3.1.6

3.1.6

Linux Kernel 3.1.7

3.1.7

Linux Kernel 3.1.8

3.1.8

Linux Kernel 3.1.9

3.1.9

Linux Kernel 3.1.10

3.1.10

Linux Kernel 3.2

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 (x86)

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 2

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 3

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 4

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 5

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 6

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2 release candidate 7

3.2

Linux Kernel 3.2.1

3.2.1

Linux Kernel 3.2.1 (x86)

3.2.1

Linux Kernel 3.2.2

3.2.2

Linux Kernel 3.2.3

3.2.3

Linux Kernel 3.2.4

3.2.4

Linux Kernel 3.2.5

3.2.5

Linux Kernel 3.2.6

3.2.6

Linux Kernel 3.2.7

3.2.7

Linux Kernel 3.2.8

3.2.8

Linux Kernel 3.2.9

3.2.9

Linux Kernel 3.2.10

3.2.10

Linux Kernel 3.2.11

3.2.11

Linux Kernel 3.2.12

3.2.12

Linux Kernel 3.2.13

3.2.13

Linux Kernel 3.2.14

3.2.14

Linux Kernel 3.2.15

3.2.15

Linux Kernel 3.2.16

3.2.16

Linux Kernel 3.2.17

3.2.17

Linux Kernel 3.2.18

3.2.18

Linux Kernel 3.2.19

3.2.19

Linux Kernel 3.2.20

3.2.20

Linux Kernel 3.2.21

3.2.21

Linux Kernel 3.2.22

3.2.22

Linux Kernel 3.2.23

3.2.23

Linux Kernel 3.2.24

3.2.24

Linux Kernel 3.2.25

3.2.25

Linux Kernel 3.2.26

3.2.26

Linux Kernel 3.2.27

3.2.27

Linux Kernel 3.2.28

3.2.28

Linux Kernel 3.2.29

3.2.29

Linux Kernel 3.2.30

3.2.30

Linux Kernel 3.3

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 1

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 2

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 3

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 4

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 5

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 6

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3 release candidate 7

3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3.1

3.3.1

Linux Kernel 3.3.2

3.3.2

Linux Kernel 3.3.3

3.3.3

Linux Kernel 3.3.4

3.3.4

Linux Kernel 3.3.5

3.3.5

Linux Kernel 3.3.6

3.3.6

Linux Kernel 3.3.7

3.3.7

Linux Kernel 3.3.8

3.3.8

Linux Kernel 3.4

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 (x86)

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 1

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 1 (x86)

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 2

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 2 (x86)

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 3

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 3 (x86)

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 4

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 4 (x86)

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 5

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 5 (x86)

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 6

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 6 (x86)

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 7

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4 release candidate 7 (x86)

3.4

Linux Kernel 3.4.1

3.4.1

Linux Kernel 3.4.1 (x86)

3.4.1

Linux Kernel 3.4.2

3.4.2

Linux Kernel 3.4.2 (x86)

3.4.2

Linux Kernel 3.4.3

3.4.3

Linux Kernel 3.4.3 (x86)

3.4.3

Linux Kernel 3.4.4

3.4.4

Linux Kernel 3.4.4 (x86)

3.4.4

Linux Kernel 3.4.5

3.4.5

Linux Kernel 3.4.5 (x86)

3.4.5

Linux Kernel 3.4.6

3.4.6

Linux Kernel 3.4.7

3.4.7

Linux Kernel 3.4.8

3.4.8

Linux Kernel 3.4.9

3.4.9

Linux Kernel 3.4.10

3.4.10

Linux Kernel 3.4.11

3.4.11

Linux Kernel 3.4.12

3.4.12

Linux Kernel 3.4.13

3.4.13

Linux Kernel 3.4.14

3.4.14

Linux Kernel 3.4.15

3.4.15

Linux Kernel 3.4.16

3.4.16

Linux Kernel 3.4.17

3.4.17

Linux Kernel 3.4.18

3.4.18

Linux Kernel 3.4.19

3.4.19

Linux Kernel 3.4.20

3.4.20

Linux Kernel 3.4.21

3.4.21

Linux Kernel 3.4.22

3.4.22

Linux Kernel 3.4.23

3.4.23

Linux Kernel 3.4.24

3.4.24

Linux Kernel 3.4.25

3.4.25

Linux Kernel 3.4.26

3.4.26

Linux Kernel 3.4.27

3.4.27

Linux Kernel 3.4.28

3.4.28

Linux Kernel 3.4.29

3.4.29

Linux Kernel 3.4.30

3.4.30

Linux Kernel 3.4.31

3.4.31

Linux Kernel 3.4.32

3.4.32

Linux Kernel 3.4.33

3.4.33

Linux Kernel 3.4.34

3.4.34

Linux Kernel 3.4.35

3.4.35

Linux Kernel 3.4.36

3.4.36

Linux Kernel 3.4.37

3.4.37

Linux Kernel 3.4.38

3.4.38

Linux Kernel 3.4.39

3.4.39

Linux Kernel 3.4.40

3.4.40

Linux Kernel 3.4.41

3.4.41

Linux Kernel 3.4.42

3.4.42

Linux Kernel 3.4.43

3.4.43

Linux Kernel 3.4.44

3.4.44

Linux Kernel 3.4.45

3.4.45

Linux Kernel 3.4.46

3.4.46

Linux Kernel 3.4.47

3.4.47

Linux Kernel 3.4.48

3.4.48

Linux Kernel 3.4.49

3.4.49

Linux Kernel 3.4.50

3.4.50

Linux Kernel 3.4.51

3.4.51

Linux Kernel 3.4.52

3.4.52

Linux Kernel 3.4.53

3.4.53

Linux Kernel 3.4.54

3.4.54

Linux Kernel 3.4.55

3.4.55

Linux Kernel 3.4.56

3.4.56

Linux Kernel 3.4.57

3.4.57

Linux Kernel 3.4.58

3.4.58

Linux Kernel 3.4.59

3.4.59

Linux Kernel 3.4.60

3.4.60

Linux Kernel 3.4.61

3.4.61

Linux Kernel 3.4.62

3.4.62

Linux Kernel 3.4.63

3.4.63

Linux Kernel 3.4.64

3.4.64

Linux Kernel 3.4.65

3.4.65

Linux Kernel 3.4.66

3.4.66

Linux Kernel 3.4.67

3.4.67

Linux Kernel 3.4.68

3.4.68

Linux Kernel 3.4.69

3.4.69

Linux Kernel 3.4.70

3.4.70

Linux Kernel 3.4.71

3.4.71

Linux Kernel 3.4.72

3.4.72

Linux Kernel 3.4.73

3.4.73

Linux Kernel 3.4.74

3.4.74

Linux Kernel 3.4.75

3.4.75

Linux Kernel 3.4.76

3.4.76

Linux Kernel 3.4.77

3.4.77

Linux Kernel 3.4.78

3.4.78

Linux Kernel 3.4.79

3.4.79

Linux Kernel 3.5.1

3.5.1

Linux Kernel 3.5.2

3.5.2

Linux Kernel 3.5.3

3.5.3

Linux Kernel 3.5.4

3.5.4

Linux Kernel 3.5.5

3.5.5

Linux Kernel 3.5.6

3.5.6

Linux Kernel 3.5.7

3.5.7

Linux Kernel 3.6

3.6

Linux Kernel 3.6.1

3.6.1

Linux Kernel 3.6.2

3.6.2

Linux Kernel 3.6.3

3.6.3

Linux Kernel 3.6.4

3.6.4

Linux Kernel 3.6.5

3.6.5

Linux Kernel 3.6.6

3.6.6

Linux Kernel 3.6.7

3.6.7

Linux Kernel 3.6.8

3.6.8

Linux Kernel 3.6.9

3.6.9

Linux Kernel 3.6.10

3.6.10

Linux Kernel 3.6.11

3.6.11

Linux Kernel 3.7

3.7

Linux Kernel 3.7.1

3.7.1

Linux Kernel 3.7.2

3.7.2

Linux Kernel 3.7.3

3.7.3

Linux Kernel 3.7.4

3.7.4

Linux Kernel 3.7.5

3.7.5

Linux Kernel 3.7.6

3.7.6

Linux Kernel 3.7.7

3.7.7

Linux Kernel 3.7.8

3.7.8

Linux Kernel 3.7.9

3.7.9

Linux Kernel 3.7.10

3.7.10

Linux Kernel 3.8.0

3.8.0

Linux Kernel 3.8.1

3.8.1

Linux Kernel 3.8.2

3.8.2

Linux Kernel 3.8.3

3.8.3

Linux Kernel 3.8.4

3.8.4

Linux Kernel 3.8.5

3.8.5

Linux Kernel 3.8.6

3.8.6

Linux Kernel 3.8.7

3.8.7

Linux Kernel 3.8.8

3.8.8

Linux Kernel 3.8.9

3.8.9

Linux Kernel 3.8.10

3.8.10

Linux Kernel 3.8.11

3.8.11

Linux Kernel 3.8.12

3.8.12

Linux Kernel 3.8.13

3.8.13

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 1

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 2

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 3

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 4

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 5

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 6

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9 release candidate 7

3.9

Linux Kernel 3.9.0

3.9.0

Linux Kernel 3.9.0 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.0

Linux Kernel 3.9.1

3.9.1

Linux Kernel 3.9.1 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.1

Linux Kernel 3.9.2

3.9.2

Linux Kernel 3.9.2 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.2

Linux Kernel 3.9.3

3.9.3

Linux Kernel 3.9.3 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.3

Linux Kernel 3.9.4

3.9.4

Linux Kernel 3.9.4 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.4

Linux Kernel 3.9.5

3.9.5

Linux Kernel 3.9.5 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.5

Linux Kernel 3.9.6

3.9.6

Linux Kernel 3.9.6 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.6

Linux Kernel 3.9.7

3.9.7

Linux Kernel 3.9.7 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.7

Linux Kernel 3.9.8

3.9.8

Linux Kernel 3.9.8 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.8

Linux Kernel 3.9.9

3.9.9

Linux Kernel 3.9.9 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.9

Linux Kernel 3.9.10

3.9.10

Linux Kernel 3.9.10 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.10

Linux Kernel 3.9.11

3.9.11

Linux Kernel 3.9.11 on ARM64 architecture

3.9.11

Linux Kernel 3.10

3.10

Linux Kernel 3.10.0 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.0

Linux Kernel 3.10.1

3.10.1

Linux Kernel 3.10.1 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.1

Linux Kernel 3.10.2

3.10.2

Linux Kernel 3.10.2 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.2

Linux Kernel 3.10.3

3.10.3

Linux Kernel 3.10.3 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.3

Linux Kernel 3.10.4

3.10.4

Linux Kernel 3.10.4 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.4

Linux Kernel 3.10.5

3.10.5

Linux Kernel 3.10.5 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.5

Linux Kernel 3.10.6

3.10.6

Linux Kernel 3.10.6 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.6

Linux Kernel 3.10.7

3.10.7

Linux Kernel 3.10.7 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.7

Linux Kernel 3.10.8

3.10.8

Linux Kernel 3.10.8 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.8

Linux Kernel 3.10.9

3.10.9

Linux Kernel 3.10.9 on ARM64 architecture

3.10.9

Linux Kernel 3.10.10

3.10.10

Linux Kernel 3.10.11

3.10.11

Linux Kernel 3.10.2

3.10.12

Linux Kernel 3.10.13

3.10.13

Linux Kernel 3.10.14

3.10.14

Linux Kernel 3.10.15

3.10.15

Linux Kernel 3.10.16

3.10.16

Linux Kernel 3.10.17

3.10.17

Linux Kernel 3.10.18

3.10.18

Linux Kernel 3.10.19

3.10.19

Linux Kernel 3.10.20

3.10.20

Linux Kernel 3.10.21

3.10.21

Linux Kernel 3.10.22

3.10.22

Linux Kernel 3.10.23

3.10.23

Linux Kernel 3.10.24

3.10.24

Linux Kernel 3.10.25

3.10.25

Linux Kernel 3.10.26

3.10.26

Linux Kernel 3.10.27

3.10.27

Linux Kernel 3.10.28

3.10.28

Linux Kernel 3.10.29

3.10.29

Linux Kernel 3.11

3.11

Linux Kernel 3.11.1

3.11.1

Linux Kernel 3.11.2

3.11.2

Linux Kernel 3.11.3

3.11.3

Linux Kernel 3.11.4

3.11.4

Linux Kernel 3.11.5

3.11.5

Linux Kernel 3.11.6

3.11.6

Linux Kernel 3.11.7

3.11.7

Linux Kernel 3.11.8

3.11.8

Linux Kernel 3.11.9

3.11.9

Linux Kernel 3.11.10

3.11.10

Linux Kernel 3.12

3.12

Linux Kernel 3.12.1

3.12.1

Linux Kernel 3.12.2

3.12.2

Linux Kernel 3.12.3

3.12.3

Linux Kernel 3.12.4

3.12.4

Linux Kernel 3.12.5

3.12.5

Linux Kernel 3.12.6

3.12.6

Linux Kernel 3.12.7

3.12.7

Linux Kernel 3.12.8

3.12.8

Linux Kernel 3.12.9

3.12.9

Linux Kernel 3.12.10

3.12.10

Linux Kernel 3.12.11

3.12.11

Linux Kernel 3.12.12

3.12.12

Linux Kernel 3.12.13

3.12.13

Linux Kernel 3.12.14

3.12.14

Linux Kernel 3.12.15

3.12.15

Linux Kernel 3.12.16

3.12.16

Linux Kernel 3.12.17

3.12.17

Linux Kernel 3.13

3.13

Linux Kernel 3.13.1

3.13.1

Linux Kernel 3.13.2

3.13.2

Linux Kernel 3.13.3

3.13.3

Linux Kernel 3.13.4

3.13.4

Linux Kernel 3.13.5

3.13.5

Linux Kernel 3.13.6

3.13.6

Linux Kernel 3.13.7

3.13.7

Linux Kernel 3.13.8

3.13.8

Linux Kernel 3.13.9

3.13.9

Linux Kernel 3.13.10

3.13.10

Linux Kernel 3.13.11

3.13.11

Linux Kernel 3.14

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14 release candidate 1

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14 release candidate 2

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14 release candidate 3

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14 release candidate 4

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14 release candidate 5

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14 release candidate 6

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14 release candidate 7

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14 release candidate 8

3.14

Linux Kernel 3.14.1

3.14.1

Linux Kernel 3.14.2

3.14.2

Linux Kernel 3.14.3

3.14.3

Linux Kernel 3.14.4

3.14.4

Linux Kernel 3.14.5

3.14.5

Linux Kernel 3.15

3.15

Linux Kernel 3.15.1

3.15.1

Linux Kernel 3.15.2

3.15.2

Linux Kernel 3.15.3

3.15.3

Linux Kernel 3.15.4

3.15.4

Linux Kernel 3.15.5

3.15.5

Linux Kernel 3.15.6

3.15.6

Linux Kernel 3.15.7

3.15.7

Linux Kernel 3.15.8

3.15.8

Linux Kernel 3.16.0

3.16.0

Linux Kernel 3.16.1

3.16.1

Linux Kernel

References

SUSE-SU-2015:0736

60174

61142

[oss-security] 20141008 CVE-2014-7970: Linux VFS denial of service

Patch

70319

1030991

[linux-fsdevel] 20141008 [PATCH] mnt: Prevent pivot_root from creating a loop in the mount tree

Exploit

USN-2419-1

USN-2420-1

USN-2513-1

USN-2514-1

RHSA-2017:1842

RHSA-2017:2077

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095

Patch

linux-kernel-cve20147970-dos(96921)

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d

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