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.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:02:11.789Z
Reserved: 2016-01-12T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-1583

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-06-27T10:59:03.330
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-1583
