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CVE-2016-5195: Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability

High · CVSS 7.0 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 83.5%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Chrome

In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability.

Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

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."

Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Status incidents that name it

No tracked status incident names this CVE.

Affected vendors and products

Linux: Kernel

References

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