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CVE-2016-1583 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Vendor Advisory 
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d CVE, Canonical Ltd. Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00027.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137560/Linux-ecryptfs-Stack-Overflow.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2124.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2766.html CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/8 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91157 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2999-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3008-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2760 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=836 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344721 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Issue Tracking  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0fe970df3838c202ef6c07a4c2b36838ef0a88b CVE, Canonical Ltd. Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d CVE, Canonical Ltd. Vendor Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39992/ CVE, Canonical Ltd. Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1583
NVD Published Date:
06/27/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Canonical Ltd.