Vulnerabilities

CVSS

7.0 High

Vector

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

Risk score

100.0

Known exploited

CISA KEV

Published

2016-11-10

Status

Published

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."

Weaknesses

CWE-362

Coverage 1

malware

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CVE-2016-5195

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Advisories and references

• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html
• exploit-db.com/exploits/40616/
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372
• bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134
• h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_...
• oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
• exploit-db.com/exploits/40839/
• dirtycow.ninja
• exploit-db.com/exploits/40847/
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2118.html