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SCP7-404 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-1583

Created: Jun 29, 2016    Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Jul 31, 2016
Found In Version: 7.0.0.16
Fix Version: 7.0.0.19
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-1583 

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