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Tracker / CVE-2016-10044

CVE-2016-10044

High 7.8

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.

Affected products and versions

google android · … → 7.1.1
linux linux_kernel · … → 3.16.43
linux linux_kernel · 3.17 → 4.4.24
linux linux_kernel · 4.5 → 4.7.7

Analysis

This page is not indexable yet.Until it carries original analysis — what it actually exposes, how to check in two minutes whether a system was touched, what to do if it was — the page stays noindex. The database decides that, not the template.

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