vulnerability

SUSE: CVE-2016-10044: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 7, 2017
Added
May 11, 2017
Modified
Feb 4, 2022

Description

The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.7 does not properly restrict execute access, which makes it easier for local users to bypass intended SELinux W^X policy restrictions, and consequently gain privileges, via an io_setup system call.

Solution(s)

suse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-docssuse-upgrade-kernel-ec2suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
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