CVE-2016-1583

Name: CVE-2016-1583
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2016-06-27T10:59:03.33+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

HIGHCVSS 7.8/10EPSS 1.39%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1583 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

7.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability

1.39%

68.9th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Update
Linux	Linux Kernel	>= 2.6.19, < 3.18.54	—
Linux	Linux Kernel	>= 3.19, < 4.4.14	—
Linux	Linux Kernel	>= 4.5, < 4.6.3	—
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit	11.0	Sp4
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit	12.0	—
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo	11.0	Sp4
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop	12.0	—
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching	12.0	—
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud	12	—
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Server	11.0	Extra
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Server	12.0	—
Novell	Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension	12.0	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	12.04	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	14.04	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	15.10	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	16.04	—
Debian	Debian Linux	8.0	—

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6dVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00027.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137560/Linux-ecryptfs-Stack-Overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2124.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2766.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91157Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2999-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3008-1Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2760Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=836Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344721Issue Tracking, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0fe970df3838c202ef6c07a4c2b36838ef0a88bThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6dVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39992/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6dVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00027.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00056.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137560/Linux-ecryptfs-Stack-Overflow.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2124.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2766.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91157Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2999-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3008-1Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2760Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=836Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344721Issue Tracking, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2f36db71009304b3f0b95afacd8eba1f9f046b87Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0fe970df3838c202ef6c07a4c2b36838ef0a88bThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f5364c150aa645b3d7daa21b5c0b9feaa1c9cd6dVendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39992/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 27, 2016
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2016-1583?

How severe is CVE-2016-1583?

CVE-2016-1583 has a CVSS score of 7.8/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1583?

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Source: NVD / NIST