CVE-2016-10318

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-09-08

Description

A missing authorization check in the fscrypt_process_policy function infs/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.

See more information about CVE-2016-10318 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3659	2017-12-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3659	2017-12-13
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0174	2017-12-13

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