vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-1583: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (RHSA-2017:2760)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 27, 2016 | Oct 28, 2016 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 27, 2016
Added
Oct 28, 2016
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-kernel
References
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