CVE-2016-10318

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    CVE-2016-10318

    Published: 4 Apr 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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

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