CVE

CVE-2016-1583 (linux_kernel)

CVE-2016-1583 (linux_kernel)

The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption) via vectors involving crafted mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive pagefault handling.

Source: CVE-2016-1583 (linux_kernel)

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