Description
mount in util-linux 2.19 and earlier does not remove the /etc/mtab.tmp file after a failed attempt to add a mount entry, which allows local users to trigger corruption of the /etc/mtab file via multiple invocations.
References
- [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110303 Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110322 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688980
- utillinux-mount-sec-bypass(66704) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20110307 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110401 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110304 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110314 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110303 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110305 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110331 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110315 Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE mailing-list