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CVE-2016-5195


Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."


Published

2016-11-10T21:59:00.197

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-362
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 16.10 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 3.2.83 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 3.4.113 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 3.10.104 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 3.12.66 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 3.16.38 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 3.18.44 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.1.35 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.4.26 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.7.9 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.8.3 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 5 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_aus 6.2 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_aus 6.4 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_aus 6.5 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 6.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 6.7 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.1 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_long_life 5.6 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_long_life 5.9 Yes
Operating System redhat enterprise_linux_tus 6.5 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 23 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 24 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 25 Yes
Operating System paloaltonetworks pan-os < 7.0.14 Yes
Operating System paloaltonetworks pan-os < 7.1.8 Yes
Application netapp cloud_backup - Yes
Application netapp hci_storage_nodes - Yes
Application netapp oncommand_balance - Yes
Application netapp oncommand_performance_manager - Yes
Application netapp oncommand_unified_manager_for_clustered_data_ontap - Yes
Application netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility - Yes
Application netapp snapprotect - Yes
Application netapp solidfire - Yes

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