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CVE-2016-1583
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-27T10:59:03.330 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:42:12.607

Summary

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 products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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