| CVE-2014-5045 | Date: (C)2014-08-12 (M)2024-04-11 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 6.2 |
| Exploit Score: 1.9 |
| Impact Score: 10.0 |
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| CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Access Complexity: HIGH |
| Authentication: NONE |
| Confidentiality: COMPLETE |
| Integrity: COMPLETE |
| Availability: COMPLETE |
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