CVE-2016-3070 (GCVE-0-2016-3070)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-08-06 20:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90518
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-1
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-2
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-1
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-2
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-3
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3036-1
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3037-1
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308846 Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3070 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90518
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3036-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3037-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308846 Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3070 Third Party Advisory
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