UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1583

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1583

    Published: 8 Jun 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-1583
    Aliases:
    USN-2996-1
    USN-2997-1
    USN-2998-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1583, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2996-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2997-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2998-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2999-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3000-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3001-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3002-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3003-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3004-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3005-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3006-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3007-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3008-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1583

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-88.135

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High