CVE-2005-2876: Andries Brouwer Util-Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

umount in util-linux 2.8 to 2.12q, 2.13-pre1, and 2.13-pre2, and other packages such as loop-aes-utils, allows local users with unmount permissions to gain privileges via the -r (remount) option, which causes the file system to be remounted with just the read-only flag, which effectively clears the nosuid, nodev, and other flags.

Affected products

• Andries Brouwer Util-Linux: version 2.8.1_alpha only; version 2.8_12 only; version 2.9i only; version 2.9w only; version 2.10f only; version 2.10m only; …

Published 2005-09-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.