CVE-2016-1583

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

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

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