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Debian: CVE-2016-3070: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-3070: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/28/2016
Modified
02/14/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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