CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-1583

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in the Linux kernel before version 4.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via crafted mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive pagefault handling.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation by local users or stack memory exhaustion, impacting system availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to version 4.6.3 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS