CVE-2016-3070
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-08-06 20:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-03-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 402d4ac2117be337d9e18ae344e39d01ebc7de857a54b5494a420db69134a5b1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3035-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-3
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3035-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308846
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3036-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3036-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2584http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3035-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2574http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3037-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3037-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3607http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3070
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3034-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-1
- www.securityfocus.com90518http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90518
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3034-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-92.139
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-77.99~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-65.73~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-42.49~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-gkeop No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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