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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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-516-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3607-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-2678 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2996-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2997-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2998-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2999-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3000-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3001-1 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3002-1 Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3003-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3004-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3005-1 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3006-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3007-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3008-1 Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87 cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00027.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137560/Linux-ecryptfs-Stack-Overflow.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2124.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2766.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91157 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2999-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3008-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2760 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=836 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344721 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0fe970df3838c202ef6c07a4c2b36838ef0a88b cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1583 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1583 cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39992/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3 cve-icon cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:02:11.789Z

Reserved: 2016-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1583

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-27T10:59:03.330

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-1583

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1583 - Bugzilla

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