CVE-2016-10318

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.4Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97404Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.4Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97404Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 4, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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