What is CVE-2016-10318?

CVE-2016-10318 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264). CVE-2016-10318 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10318?

CVE-2016-10318 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10318?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-10318. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2016-10318 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-10318 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

CVE-2016-10318

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-04-04

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

6.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-264

CVE-2016-10318 is a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control vulnerability

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2016-10318 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.4

Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97404

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2016-10318

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2017-04-04

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10318?

CVE-2016-10318 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10 , classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264) . CVE-2016-10318 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-10318?

CVE-2016-10318 has a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2016-10318?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2016-10318. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2016-10318 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2016-10318 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. View CWE-264 on MITRE CWE →