ghsa-hgx4-cgxm-99gj
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:52
Modified
2025-04-12 13:01
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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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   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2016-1583",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-119",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2016-06-27T10:59:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-hgx4-cgxm-99gj",
   modified: "2025-04-12T13:01:28Z",
   published: "2022-05-14T01:52:01Z",
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}


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