{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "4.7.3"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-10318",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:47:27.392863072Z",
  "published": "2017-04-04T16:59:00.157Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97404"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=163ae1c6ad6299b19e22b4a35d5ab24a89791a98"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}