Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kernel-uek-firmware package, versions <0:4.1.12-112.14.1.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKFIRMWARE-2520682
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Apr 2017

Introduced: 4 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-10318  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-firmware to version 0:4.1.12-112.14.1.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3659.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-firmware package and not the kernel-uek-firmware package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.