CVE-2016-5195

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5195
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-11-10 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:33:00 UTC
DescriptionRace 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."

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.941760000 probability, percentile 0.999170000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-03-03; due 2022-03-24; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-362

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorLinux
ProductKernel
NameLinux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5195

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Core 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Core 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 6.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 6.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 6.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 6.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 6.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 6.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Long Life 5.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Long Life 5.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Long Life 5.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Long Life 5.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Tus 6.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Tus 6.5 All All All

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