UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7970

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7970

    Published: 13 Oct 2014Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7970
    Aliases:
    USN-2419-1
    USN-2420-1
    USN-2447-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7970, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2419-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2420-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2447-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2448-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2513-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2514-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7970

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-40.69

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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