Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-5206
Published: August 18, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41394
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5206
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The do_remount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 does not maintain the MNT_LOCK_READONLY bit across a remount of a bind mount, which allows local users to bypass an intended read-only restriction and defeat certain sandbox protection mechanisms via a "mount -o remount" command within a user namespace.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5206
Install update from vendor's website.
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.13.0-34.60
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.13.0-34.60~precise1
linux-lts-trusty (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.13.0-34.60~precise1
External References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a6138db815df5ee542d848318e5dae681590fccd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69214
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2317-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2318-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129662
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a6138db815df5ee542d848318e5dae681590fccd