CVE-2016-1583

HIGH

Linux kernel <4.6.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Google Security Research · locallinux

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

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (50)

Core 50

Core References

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2766.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6d

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db

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

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=836

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91157

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2999-1

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/8

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0fe970df3838c202ef6c07a4c2b36838ef0a88b

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00027.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2760

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2124.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html

Issue Tracking, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344721

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137560/Linux-ecryptfs-Stack-Overflow.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3008-1

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 58.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (15)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10

canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04

debian/debian_linux 8.0

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.19 - 3.18.54

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11.0 sp4

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 (2 CPE variants)

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching 12.0

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud 12

... and 5 more

Published Jun 27, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026