CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-1957

Published: Apr 24, 2013 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.7 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH

The clone_mnt function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 does not properly restrict changes to the MNT_READONLY flag, which allows local users to bypass an intended read-only property of a filesystem by leveraging a separate mount namespace.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 3.8.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 3.8.0 (including) 3.8.0 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 3.8.1 (including) 3.8.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 3.8.2 (including) 3.8.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 3.8.3 (including) 3.8.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 3.8.4 (including) 3.8.4 (including)
Linux Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-armadaxp Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-ec2 Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-fsl-imx51 Ubuntu lucid *
Linux-fsl-imx51 Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-linaro-omap Ubuntu devel *
Linux-linaro-omap Ubuntu oneiric *
Linux-linaro-omap Ubuntu precise *
Linux-linaro-omap Ubuntu quantal *
Linux-linaro-omap Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-linaro-shared Ubuntu devel *
Linux-linaro-shared Ubuntu oneiric *
Linux-linaro-shared Ubuntu precise *
Linux-linaro-shared Ubuntu quantal *
Linux-linaro-shared Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-linaro-vexpress Ubuntu devel *
Linux-linaro-vexpress Ubuntu oneiric *
Linux-linaro-vexpress Ubuntu precise *
Linux-linaro-vexpress Ubuntu quantal *
Linux-linaro-vexpress Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-lts-backport-maverick Ubuntu lucid *
Linux-lts-backport-maverick Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-lts-backport-oneiric Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-lts-quantal Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-mvl-dove Ubuntu lucid *
Linux-mvl-dove Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-qcm-msm Ubuntu devel *
Linux-qcm-msm Ubuntu lucid *
Linux-qcm-msm Ubuntu oneiric *
Linux-qcm-msm Ubuntu precise *
Linux-qcm-msm Ubuntu quantal *
Linux-qcm-msm Ubuntu upstream *
Linux-ti-omap4 Ubuntu upstream *

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