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.” (CVE-2016-5195)
Impact
Authenticated users with shell access may be able to increase their privileges to root level.
AI Score
Confidence
EPSS
Percentile
98.4%