2016-09-17
ALT-BU-2016-2991-1
Branch p8 update bulletin.
Package kernel-image-un-def updated to version 4.7.4-alt0.M80P.1 for branch p8 in task 169398.
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2017-04-04
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
CVE-2016-10318
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.
Severity: MEDIUM (6.5)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References:
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.4
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.4
- 97404
- 97404
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98