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CVE-2016-5195

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)HIGH
7.0
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score32.9130%
EPSS Percentile97.01th
PublishedNov 10, 2016
Last ModifiedApr 21, 2026

Vulnerability 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."

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 12.04
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Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 14.04
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Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 16.04
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Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 16.10
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 2.6.22 and < 3.2.83
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 3.3 and < 3.4.113
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 3.5 and < 3.10.104
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 3.11 and < 3.12.66
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 3.13 and < 3.16.38
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 3.17 and < 3.18.44
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 3.19 and < 4.1.35
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 4.2 and < 4.4.26
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 4.5 and < 4.7.9
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Linux

Linux Kernel

>= 4.8 and < 4.8.3
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux

= 5
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux

= 6.0
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux

= 7.0
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Aus

= 6.2
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Aus

= 6.4
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Aus

= 6.5
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Eus

= 6.6
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Eus

= 6.7
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Eus

= 7.1
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Long Life

= 5.6
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Long Life

= 5.9
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Redhat

Enterprise Linux Tus

= 6.5
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Debian

Debian Linux

= 7.0
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Debian

Debian Linux

= 8.0
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Fedoraproject

Fedora

= 23
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Fedoraproject

Fedora

= 24
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Fedoraproject

Fedora

= 25
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Paloaltonetworks

Pan Os

>= 5.1 and < 7.0.14
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Paloaltonetworks

Pan Os

>= 7.1.0 and < 7.1.8
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Netapp

Cloud Backup

All versions
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Netapp

Hci Storage Nodes

All versions
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Netapp

Oncommand Balance

All versions
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Netapp

Oncommand Performance Manager

All versions
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Netapp

Oncommand Unified Manager For Clustered Data Ontap

All versions
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Netapp

Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility

All versions
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Netapp

Snapprotect

All versions
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Netapp

Solidfire

All versions

References & Advisories

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