CVE-2016-3070 (GCVE-0-2016-3070)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:40
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90518 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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Date Public
2016-05-10 00:00
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