CVE-2016-10318

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedApr 4, 2017
First seenApr 4, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.7.3—

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