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CVE-2016-10318

CVE-2016-10318 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

A missing authorization check in the fscrypt_process_policy function in fs/crypto/policy.c in the ext4 and f2fs filesystem encryption support in the Linux kernel before 4.7.4 allows a user to assign an encryption policy to a directory owned by a different user, potentially creating a denial of service.

EPSS 2.16% · 80.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
2.16%
80.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-21.37~14.04.1, *, *
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi24.4.0-1003.4, 4.4.0-1004.5, 4.4.0-1009.10
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux4.4.0-22.39, 4.4.0-24.43, 4.4.0-28.47
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1013.15, 4.4.0-1032.36, 4.4.0-1030.33

Timeline

  • Apr 4, 2017 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
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