CVE-2016-3070

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    CVE-2016-3070

    Published: 6 Aug 2016Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90518, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3036-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3037-1, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3034-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3035-3, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3070, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308846, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743

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    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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