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.
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| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2015-4200 | 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. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.910Z
Reserved: 2015-06-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-4177
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:15.203
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-4177
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EUVD