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."
2016-11-10T21:59:00.197
2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Deferred
CVSSv3.1: 7.0 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
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 |