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CVE-2016-5195

Published: Nov 10, 2016Updated: Apr 21, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-362
NVD MITRE
7.0CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
83.9%
Top 0.3%
CISA KEV
Active Exploitation
Since Mar 3, 2022
Exploits
24 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux kernellinux
On-premOS
Operating Systems
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux ausredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux eusredhat
OS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
linuxoss-projectOperating Systemsaka the linux kernel
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 18 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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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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Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-063
fortiguard.com
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19be0eaffa3ac7d8eb6784ad9bdbc7d67ed8e619
git.kernel.org
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10770
kb.juniper.net
and 278 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Nov 10, 2016
Added to CISA KEV
Mar 3, 2022
Last Updated
Apr 21, 2026

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