CVE ID:	CVE-2008-2931
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.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61436
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2931 30126 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126 30982 http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 31551 http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 31614 http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 32023 http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 32759 http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 DSA-1630 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 RHSA-2008:0885 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html SUSE-SA:2008:035 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html SUSE-SA:2008:038 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html SUSE-SA:2008:049 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html SUSE-SR:2008:025 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html USN-637-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ [oss-security] 20080708 CVE-2008-2931 kernel: missing check before setting mount propagation http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3 [oss-security] 20080708 Re: CVE-2008-2931 kernel: missing check before setting mount propagation http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388 linux-kernel-dochangetype-priv-escalation(43696) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10437 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437