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CVE-2016-10044



Assignergoogle_android
Reserved2016-12-26
Published2017-02-07
Updated2024-10-21

Description

The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.7 does not properly restrict execute access, which makes it easier for local users to bypass intended SELinux W^X policy restrictions, and consequently gain privileges, via an io_setup system call.

References

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.7

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798 (1037798) vdb-entry

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/22f6b4d34fcf039c63a94e7670e0da24f8575a5a

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=22f6b4d34fcf039c63a94e7670e0da24f8575a5a

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96122 (96122) vdb-entry

cve.org CVE-2016-10044

nvd.nist.gov CVE-2016-10044

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