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CVE-2008-2931

CVE-2008-2931

EPSS 0.4%
The do_change_type function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not verify that the caller has the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by modifying the properties of a mountpoint.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711ahttp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388http://secunia.com/advisories/30982http://secunia.com/advisories/31551http://secunia.com/advisories/31614http://secunia.com/advisories/32023http://secunia.com/advisories/32759