CVE-2016-5195
Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability
7.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 93.9%
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."
How to fix CVE-2016-5195
To remediate CVE-2016-5195, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.7.8-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-5195 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2016-5195 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.7.8-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |