NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-rt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-KERNELRT-11434255
  • published5 Aug 2025
  • disclosed10 May 2016

Introduced: 10 May 2016

CVE-2016-3070  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 kernel-rt.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt package and not the kernel-rt package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The trace_writeback_dirty_page implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in the Linux kernel before 4.4 improperly interacts with mm/migrate.c, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a certain page move.

CVSS Base Scores

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