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CVE-2016-1583

The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption) via vectors involving crafted mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive pagefault handling.

Published

2016-06-27T10:59:03.330

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.18.54	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.4.14	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.6.3	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11.0	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12.0	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo	11.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_desktop	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_desktop	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud	12	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_server	11.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_server	11.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_server	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_server	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension	12.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

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