CVE-2014-7970

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 1%
VendorProductVersion
novellsuse_linux_enterprise_server
11.0:sp3
linuxlinux_kernel
𝑥
≤ 3.17
canonicalubuntu_linux
12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
14.04
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
wheezy
not-affected
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
sid
6.11.6-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
wily
not-affected
vivid
not-affected
utopic
Fixed 3.16.0-26.35
released
trusty
Fixed 3.13.0-40.69
released
precise
Fixed 3.2.0-77.112
released
lucid
ignored
linux-2.6
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-armadaxp
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
Fixed 3.2.0-1645.64
released
lucid
dne
linux-aws
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
precise
dne
linux-ec2
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
ignored
linux-flo
zesty
dne
yakkety
ignored
xenial
ignored
wily
ignored
vivid
ignored
utopic
ignored
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-fsl-imx51
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
ignored
linux-gke
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
precise
dne
linux-goldfish
zesty
ignored
yakkety
ignored
xenial
ignored
wily
ignored
vivid
ignored
utopic
ignored
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-grouper
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
ignored
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-hwe
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
precise
dne
linux-hwe-edge
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
precise
dne
linux-linaro-omap
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
ignored
lucid
dne
linux-linaro-shared
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
ignored
lucid
dne
linux-linaro-vexpress
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
ignored
lucid
dne
linux-lts-quantal
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
ignored
lucid
dne
linux-lts-raring
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
ignored
lucid
dne
linux-lts-saucy
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
ignored
lucid
dne
linux-lts-trusty
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
Fixed 3.13.0-40.69~precise1
released
lucid
dne
linux-lts-utopic
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
Fixed 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1
released
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-lts-vivid
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-lts-wily
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
linux-lts-xenial
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
trusty
not-affected
precise
dne
linux-maguro
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-mako
zesty
dne
yakkety
ignored
xenial
ignored
wily
ignored
vivid
ignored
utopic
ignored
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-manta
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
ignored
vivid
ignored
utopic
ignored
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
dne
linux-mvl-dove
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
lucid
ignored
linux-qcm-msm
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
ignored
lucid
ignored
linux-raspi2
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
wily
not-affected
vivid
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
linux-snapdragon
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
wily
dne
trusty
dne
precise
dne
linux-ti-omap4
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
wily
dne
vivid
dne
utopic
dne
trusty
dne
precise
Fixed 3.2.0-1460.80
released
lucid
dne
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