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ID:8088 - Exploit for Privilege escalation in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-5195
ID:8088 - Exploit for Privilege escalation in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-5195
Published: June 29, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1039
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5195
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness is due to race condition in the kernel memory subsystem in the management of copy-on-write operations on read-only memory mappings that lets attackers to overwrite kernel memory and gain kernel-level privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in gaining of root privileges on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
The weakness is due to race condition in the kernel memory subsystem in the management of copy-on-write operations on read-only memory mappings that lets attackers to overwrite kernel memory and gain kernel-level privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in gaining of root privileges on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Update to version 4.9-rc2.
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-4.9-rc2.tar.xz
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-4.9-rc2.tar.xz