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Tracker / CVE-2008-2931

CVE-2008-2931

High 7.8

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 and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
debian debian_linux
linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.22
novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server
opensuse opensuse · 10.3 → 11.0

Analysis

This page is not indexable yet.Until it carries original analysis — what it actually exposes, how to check in two minutes whether a system was touched, what to do if it was — the page stays noindex. The database decides that, not the template.

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