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CVE-2016-5195

Published: Nov 10, 2016Updated: Apr 21, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-362
7.0HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
83.5%
Top 0.4%
CISA KEV
Active Exploitation
Since Mar 3, 2022
Exploits
24 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

netapp
commercial·US
cloud backup
Hardware Firmware
hci storage nodes
Hardware Firmware
oncommand balance
Hardware Firmware
oncommand performance manager
Hardware Firmware
oncommand unified manager for clustered data ontap
Hardware Firmware
ontap select deploy administration utility
Hardware Firmware
snapprotect
Hardware Firmware
solidfire
Hardware Firmware
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise linux eusOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux ausOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux long lifeOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux tusOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ФГУП РФЯЦ-ВНИИЭФ
RU
СинергияOn-prem
ICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added to KEV:Mar 3, 2022
Remediation due:Mar 24, 2022

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

24 exploit sources identified

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html
rhn.redhat.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40616/
exploit-db.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372
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