DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7975

The doumount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not require the CAPSYSADMIN capability for doremountsb calls that change the root filesystem to read-only, which allows local users to cause a denial of service loss of writability by making certain unshare system calls...

Design/Logic Flaw

The doumount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not require the CAPSYSADMIN capability for doremountsb calls that change the root filesystem to read-only, which allows local users to cause a denial of service loss of writability by making certain unshare system calls...