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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-4944 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2336-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2337-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:34:37.379Z

Reserved: 2014-07-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-5045

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-08-01T11:13:09.460

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-5045

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-07-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-5045 - Bugzilla

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