CVE-2016-1572

mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.

• CWE-269

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jan 22, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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