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
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
netapp
commercial·US
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
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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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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Privilege Escalation
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
access.redhat.com
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