Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-7970
Published: October 13, 2014 / Updated: August 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92512
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7970
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion error within the syscall_define2() function in fs/namespace.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7970
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60174
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61142
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151095
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0826019e529f21c84687521d03f60cd241ca7d