CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2931
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-07-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
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 configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.22)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• novell suse linux enterprise desktop 10.0
• novell suse linux enterprise server 10.0
• opensuse opensuse (>= 10.3 <= 11.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a git.kernel.org
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a git.kernel.org
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 Broken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ Third Party Advisory