CVE-2014-7975

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

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.

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 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

First reported 10 years ago

2014-10-13 10:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2018-01-05 02:29:00

Affected Software

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

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ef3a56b1c466629cd0bf482b09c7b0e5a085bb5

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[stable] 20141008 [PATCH] fs: Add a missing permission check to do_umount

[oss-security] 20141008 CVE-2014-7975: 0-day umount denial of service

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1031180

USN-2415-1

USN-2416-1

USN-2417-1

USN-2418-1

USN-2419-1

USN-2420-1

USN-2421-1

RHSA-2017:1842

RHSA-2017:2077

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151108

linux-kernel-cve20147975-dos(96994)

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