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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T11:34:37.379Z
Reserved: 2014-07-23T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-5045

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-08-01T11:13:09.460
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2014-5045
