CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-1583
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-06-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.19 < 3.18.54)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.4.14)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.6.3)
• novell suse linux enterprise software development kit 11.0
• novell suse linux enterprise software development kit 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise debuginfo 11.0
• novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise live patching 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise module for public cloud 12
• novell suse linux enterprise server 11.0
• novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise workstation extension 12.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87 Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137560/Linux-ecryptfs-Stack-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2124.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2766.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91157 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2999-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3008-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2760 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=836 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344721 Issue Tracking, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0fe970df3838c202ef6c07a4c2b36838ef0a88b Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39992/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87 Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137560/Linux-ecryptfs-Stack-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2124.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2766.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91157 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 Third Party Advisory