CVE-2016-10318 | BDVDB-2026-83679 Detail

Description#

A missing authorization check in the fscrypt_process_policy function in fs/crypto/policy.c in the ext4 and f2fs filesystem encryption support in the Linux kernel before 4.7.4 allows a user to assign an encryption policy to a directory owned by a different user, potentially creating a denial of service.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.4
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97404
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-04-04Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.