Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-10318

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.

  • Published: Apr 4, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-10318
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

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