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CVE-2016-5195 - Linux Kernel

AI Vulnerability Context

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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CISA KEVHIGH
CVE ID
CVE-2016-5195
Vendor/project
Linux
Product
Kernel
Vulnerability name
Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability
Date added
2022-03-03
Due date
2022-03-24
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
7.0
CWE-362

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