Detections
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CVE-2014-5207
high
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.
References
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9566d6742852c527bf5af38af5cbb878dad75705
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95266
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129662
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2318-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2317-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69216