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CVE-2016-1583

CVSS v3.1 7.8 (High)
78% Progress
CVSS v2.0 7.2 (High)
72% Progress
EPSS 0.05 % (21th)
0.05% Progress
Affected Products 10
Advisories 44
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Canonical Ltd.
Published Date
2016-06-27 10:59:03
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-09-12 14:55:31
(12 months ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Debian

Linux

Novell

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel from 2.6.19 version and prior 3.18.54 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 2.6.19 < 3.18.54
  Linux Kernel from 3.19 version and prior 4.4.14 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.19 < 4.4.14
  Linux Kernel from 4.5 version and prior 4.6.3 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.5 < 4.6.3

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 Extra cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:extra
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 SP4 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp4
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0
  Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 SP1 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12.0:sp1

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm

Configuration #4

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0