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CVE-2016-1583 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.37% · 58.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.37%
58.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1013.14, 4.4.0-1012.12, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily4.2.0-21.25~14.04.1, 4.2.0-22.27~14.04.1, 4.2.0-23.28~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2, 3.16.0-40.54~14.04.1, 3.16.0-39.53~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-14.30~14.04.2, 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20, 4.2.0-1013.19, 4.2.0-1014.21
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1, 0, 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux4.4.0-8.23, 4.4.0-18.34, 4.4.0-21.37
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-27.50, 3.13.0-24.47, 3.13.0-24.46

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