CVE-2014-5045
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 1, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 23, 2014
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- [oss-security] 20140723 Re: CVE request: kernel: vfs: refcount issues during unmount on symlinkmailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212
- 68862vdb-entry
- RHSA-2015:0062vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212
- 60353third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122472
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.