It was found that stacking a file system over procfs in the Linux kernel could lead to a kernel stack overflow due to deep nesting, as demonstrated by mounting ecryptfs over procfs and creating a recursion by mapping /proc/environ. An unprivileged, local user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
Find out more about CVE-2016-1583 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 and may addressed in a future update.
| Base Score | 6.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 8.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2016:2124 | 2016-10-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (kernel) | RHSA-2016:2766 | 2016-11-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.7 (kernel) | RHSA-2017:2760 | 2017-09-19 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Not affected |
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