{"id":"CVE-2016-10044","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:11:21.779399Z","published":"2017-02-07T07:59:00.293Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96122"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/22f6b4d34fcf039c63a94e7670e0da24f8575a5a"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=22f6b4d34fcf039c63a94e7670e0da24f8575a5a"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.16.43"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"4.4.24"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.7.7"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.1.1"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10044.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}