CVE-2015-4177
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The collect_mounts function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.5 does not properly consider that it may execute after a path has been unmounted, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging user-namespace root access for an MNT_DETACH umount2 system call.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cd4a40174b71acd021877341684d8bb1dc8ea4ae
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/5
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.0.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/04/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248486
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cd4a40174b71acd021877341684d8bb1dc8ea4ae
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4177
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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