PT-2017-7856 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2016-09-16 · Updated 2017-05-08 · CVE-2016-10318

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.7.4

Description A missing authorization check in the fscrypt process policy function allows a user to assign an encryption policy to a directory owned by a different user, potentially creating a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.7.4, update to version 4.7.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1976

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CVE-2016-10318

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1215-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 12

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10318 · Security Note
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10318 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3659.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10318 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10318 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10318 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10318 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10318 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97404 · Note