CVE-2014-5045

MediumCVSS 6.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.2/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0062.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60353Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68862Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122472Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0062.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60353Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/24/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68862Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122472Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 1, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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