cve/2014/CVE-2014-9683.md

CVE-2014-9683

Description

Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Github

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