CVE-2016-3070
CVSS V2 Medium 4.6
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-3070
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-08-06T20:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-12T23:18:06
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.3.6 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.6
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3070 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3070 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:52:32 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 10:47:05 | 2016-08-06T20:59Z | 2016-08-06T20:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 10:47:05 | 2018-01-05T02:30:39 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 10:47:05 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 23:05:35 | 2023-02-02T21:16:37 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 23:05:36 | 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. | A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel that an attempt to move page mapped by AIO ring buffer to the other node triggers NULL pointer dereference at trace_writeback_dirty_page(), because aio_fs_backing_dev_info.dev is 0. | Description | updated |
| 2023-02-02 23:05:38 | References | updated | ||
| 2023-02-13 01:06:38 | 2023-02-12T23:18:06 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-13 01:06:38 | A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel that an attempt to move page mapped by AIO ring buffer to the other node triggers NULL pointer dereference at trace_writeback_dirty_page(), because aio_fs_backing_dev_info.dev is 0. | 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. | Description | updated |