Live › vulnerability › CVE-2016-5195
Go to dashboardThis is Dirty COW, a race condition in the Linux kernel's memory handling code (mm/gup.c) that lets a local user write to read-only memory. An attacker with a local shell gets root privileges.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux Kernel | vendor | – | – |
Run uname -r and compare the kernel version against your distribution's security advisory for CVE-2016-5195.
Update the kernel to a vendor build that includes the CVE-2016-5195 patch and reboot.
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
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."
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