Description
A missing authorization check in the fscrypt_process_policy function in fs/crypto/policy.c in the ext4 and f2fs filesystem encryption support in the Linux kernel before 4.7.4 allows a user to assign an encryption policy to a directory owned by a different user, potentially creating a denial of service.
Published: 2017-04-04
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1503 A missing authorization check in the fscrypt_process_policy function in fs/crypto/policy.c in the ext4 and f2fs filesystem encryption support in the Linux kernel before 4.7.4 allows a user to assign an encryption policy to a directory owned by a different user, potentially creating a denial of service.
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.846Z

Reserved: 2017-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10318

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-04T16:59:00.157

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-10318

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-09-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10318 - Bugzilla

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