CVE-2016-5195 (Dirty COW)
CVSS v3.1
7 (High)
CVSS v2.0
7.2 (High)
EPSS
81.66 % (98th)
Affected Products
18
Advisories
54
NVD Status
Analyzed
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."
Weaknesses
- CWE-362
- Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Alias
Related CVEs
- CVE Status
- PUBLISHED
- NVD Status
- Analyzed
- CNA
- Chrome
- Published Date
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2016-11-10 21:59:00
(7 years ago) - Updated Date
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2024-07-24 14:27:14
(6 weeks ago)
Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability (CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog)
- Description
- Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to escalate privileges.
- Required Action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Known to be Used in Ransomware Campaigns
- Unknown
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- In CISA Catalog from
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2022-03-03
(2 years ago) - Due Date
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2022-03-24
(2 years ago)
Affected Products
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