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CVE-2016-10318

6.5 mediumEPSS 2.2%

Medium (6.5) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-264
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

References

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