CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5195

7.0 HIGH Known exploited Published 2016-11-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability — Linux Kernel

Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to escalate privileges.

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Remediation due
2022-03-24
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5195
Status
Analyzed
Published
2016-11-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-362

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."

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.10 • linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.22 < 3.2.83) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.4.113) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.5 < 3.10.104) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.66) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.16.38) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.44) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.35) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.26) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.7.9) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.8 < 4.8.3) • redhat enterprise linux 5 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux aus 6.2 • redhat enterprise linux aus 6.4 • redhat enterprise linux aus 6.5 • redhat enterprise linux eus 6.6 • redhat enterprise linux eus 6.7 • redhat enterprise linux eus 7.1 • redhat enterprise linux long life 5.6 • redhat enterprise linux long life 5.9 • redhat enterprise linux tus 6.5 • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • fedoraproject fedora 23 • fedoraproject fedora 24 • fedoraproject fedora 25 • paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 5.1 < 7.0.14) • paloaltonetworks pan-os (>= 7.1.0 < 7.1.8) • netapp cloud backup • netapp hci storage nodes • netapp oncommand balance • netapp oncommand performance manager • netapp oncommand unified manager for clustered data ontap • netapp ontap select deploy administration utility • netapp snapprotect • netapp solidfire

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References