CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
98.4%
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.”
Author | Note |
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jdstrand | android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux | < 3.2.0-115.157 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux | < 3.13.0-100.147 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux | < 4.4.0-45.66 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.10 | noarch | linux | < 4.8.0-26.28 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-armadaxp | < 3.2.0-1677.104 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-lts-trusty | < 3.13.0-100.147~precise1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux-lts-vivid | < 3.19.0-73.81~14.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux-lts-xenial | < 4.4.0-45.66~14.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-raspi2 | < 4.4.0-1029.36 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.10 | noarch | linux-raspi2 | < 4.8.0-1018.21 | UNKNOWN |
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-5195
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5195
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5195
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3104-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3104-2
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3105-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3105-2
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3106-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3106-2
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3106-3
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3106-4
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3107-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3107-2
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5195
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
98.4%