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NTAP-20160211-0001 — CVE-2016-0728 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2016-02-11 · Updated 2019-02-04 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public
Official advisory: NTAP-20160211-0001 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
CVEs in this advisory
Affected products
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 7.2 and above
What to do
- Check your ONTAP versions against the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
- If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages