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CVE-2016-5195

7.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 83.5% · 100th pctCISA KEV · Exploited in the wild
2016-11-10•Updated 2025-11-04•KEV 2022-03-03
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Remediation due
2022-03-24

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5195

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."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC · CISA-ADP
Exploitationactive
Automatableno
Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected versions
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n/a

References

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Record Details

Published
2016-11-10
Last updated
2025-11-04
Assigner (CNA)
Chrome
Credited to
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