{
    "id": "CVE-2016-5195",
    "published": "2016-11-10 21:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:48:56",
    "cvss_score": "7.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-362",
    "description": "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.83524",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99677",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-03-24",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:20:50",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-03-24."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "cloud_backup"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "hci_storage_nodes"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "oncommand_balance"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "oncommand_performance_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "oncommand_unified_manager_for_clustered_data_ontap"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "snapprotect"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netapp",
            "product": "solidfire"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "paloaltonetworks",
            "product": "pan-os"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_aus"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_eus"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_long_life"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_tus"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2016-5195",
        "date_added": "2022-03-03",
        "due_date": "2022-03-24",
        "vendor": "Linux",
        "product": "Kernel",
        "name": "Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40839",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 - 'Dirty COW' 'PTRACE_POKEDATA' Race Condition Privilege Escalation (/etc/passwd Method)",
            "date": "2016-11-28",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40839"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40847",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 - 'Dirty COW /proc/self/mem' Race Condition Privilege Escalation (/etc/passwd Method)",
            "date": "2016-11-27",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40847"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40838",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 - 'Dirty COW PTRACE_POKEDATA' Race Condition (Write Access Method)",
            "date": "2016-10-26",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40838"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40616",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 (x86/x64) - 'Dirty COW /proc/self/mem' Race Condition Privilege Escalation (SUID Method)",
            "date": "2016-10-21",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40616"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40611",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.22 < 3.9 - 'Dirty COW' /proc/self/mem Race Condition (Write Access Method)",
            "date": "2016-10-19",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40611"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-063",
        "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19be0eaffa3ac7d8eb6784ad9bdbc7d67ed8e619",
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10770",
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10774",
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10807",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00034.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00035.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00036.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00038.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00039.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00040.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00045.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00048.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00049.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00050.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00051.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00052.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00053.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00054.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00055.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00056.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00057.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00058.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00063.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-10/msg00064.html"
    ]
}