Summary
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of
the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only
memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative
privileges.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1032.36 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.0
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 le…
KEV Mar 3, 2022
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5195