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  "id": "GHSA-hgx4-cgxm-99gj",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:01:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:52:01Z",
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  "details": "The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption) via vectors involving crafted mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive pagefault handling.",
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