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CVSSv2

CVE-2016-10318

Published: 04/04/2017 Updated: 11/04/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 356
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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 prior to 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.

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A missing authorization check in the fscrypt_process_policy function in fs/crypto/policyc in the ext4 and f2fs filesystem encryption support in the Linux kernel allows a user to assign an encryption policy to a directory owned by a different user, potentially creating a denial of service ...