CVE-2016-5195
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-10-19 |
Description
Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before4.8.3 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
See more information about CVE-2016-5195 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
CVSS v2.0 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 6.9 | Base Metrics: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector: | Local network | Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete | Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2016-2124 | 2016-10-28 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2016-2124-1 | 2016-10-28 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3634 | 2016-10-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-416.0.0.0.1.el5) | ELSA-2016-2124-1 | 2016-10-28 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-416.el5) | ELSA-2016-2124 | 2016-10-28 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-416.0.0.0.1.el5) | ELSA-2016-2124-1 | 2016-10-28 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-416.el5) | ELSA-2016-2124 | 2016-10-28 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.13.3.el6uek) | ELSA-2016-3633 | 2016-10-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.16.el6uek) | ELSA-2016-3632 | 2016-10-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel) | ELSA-2016-2105 | 2016-10-25 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3632 | 2016-10-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3633 | 2016-10-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3634 | 2016-10-22 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.13.3.el7uek) | ELSA-2016-3633 | 2016-10-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.16.el7uek) | ELSA-2016-3632 | 2016-10-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2016-2098 | 2016-10-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3632 | 2016-10-21 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2016-3633 | 2016-10-21 |
| Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0158 | 2016-11-15 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0150 | 2016-10-22 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2016-0149 | 2016-10-22 |
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