Race Condition Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.0.0,4.8.3)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
81.66% (99th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004738
- published 26 Jan 2022
- disclosed 10 Nov 2016
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 10 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-5195 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.8.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. 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 Scores
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