CVE-2014-5207

N/A
Published: August 18, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelUbuntu Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 does not properly restrict clearing MNT_NODEV, MNT_NOSUID, and MNT_NOEXEC and changing MNT_ATIME_MASK during a remount of a bind mount, which allows local users to gain privileges, interfere with backups and auditing on systems that had atime enabled, or cause a denial of service (excessive filesystem updating) on systems that had atime disabled via a "mount -o remount" command within a user namespace.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (12)

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110055
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/352
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34923
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/4
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69216
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2317-1

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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