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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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2016-06-27T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:02:11.789Z

Reserved: 2016-01-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1583

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-27T10:59:03.330

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:46:41.180

Link: CVE-2016-1583

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1583 - Bugzilla