CVE-2016-1583

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.

CVSS v3.1

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile

Published

2016-06-27

Updated

2024-08-05

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39992

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-1576
• CVE-2016-1593
• CVE-2016-1575
• CVE-2016-1594
• CVE-2016-1564
• CVE-2016-1595