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CVE-2016-5195

7.0
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
93.93%
HIGH RiskEPSS (100th percentile)
KEV

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."

Published: 11/10/2016
Modified: 4/21/2026
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ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Vulnerability Name:

Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability

Vendor / Product:

Linux Kernel

Required Action:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Due Date: 3/24/2022(OVERDUE)
Added to KEV:

3/3/2022

Notes:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5195

Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

7HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

7.2

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

93.93%HIGH Exploitation Risk
100th percentile

This vulnerability has a 93.93% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

Related Vulnerabilities

Same Weakness Type(CWE-362)

Similar SeverityHIGH