CVE ID:	CVE-2014-7970
Description:	The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-7970 BugTraq ID: 70319 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70319 http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg79153.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/08/21 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030991 http://secunia.com/advisories/60174 http://secunia.com/advisories/61142 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2419-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2420-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 XForce ISS Database: linux-kernel-cve20147970-dos(96921) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96921