CVE-2016-3070
Linux Kernel Trace Writeback Dirty Page Denial of Service
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 6, 2016, 8:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 12, 2023, 11:18 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-3070 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description 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. Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2584 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3070 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed 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. 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. Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2584 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2574 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3070 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3036-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-3 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-2 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-2 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3037-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90518 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-1 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308846 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308846 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3070 No Types Assigned https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3070 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 Issue Tracking, Patch Added CWE CWE-476 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08236
percentile