High severity · published Jul 9, 2008
CVE-2008-2931
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.22 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
4.0 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
10.3 through 11.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Novell
10.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell
10.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
6.06; 7.04; 7.10; 8.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2931
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2931
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a
Broken Link
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
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