MEDIUM6.5
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.
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.0
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:PCVSS 3.xMEDIUM 6.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HReferences
- 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.securityfocus.com/bid/97404
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/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.securityfocus.com/bid/97404
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98