CVE-2014-5045

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    CVE-2014-5045

    Published: 1 Aug 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The mountpoint_last function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 does not properly maintain a certain reference count during attempts to use the umount system call in conjunction with a symlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via the umount program.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0062.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/60353, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/24/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68862, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122472, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/24/2, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122472, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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