UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2069

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2069

    Published: 26 Jan 2016Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2069
    Aliases:
    USN-2908-1
    USN-2908-2
    USN-2908-3

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in arch/x86/mm/tlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering access to a paging structure by a different CPU.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2069, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/1, https://git.kernel.org/linus/71b3c126e61177eb693423f2e18a1914205b165e, https://git.kernel.org/linus/4eaffdd5a5fe6ff9f95e1ab4de1ac904d5e0fa8b, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2908-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2908-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2908-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2931-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2932-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2967-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2967-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2989-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2998-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2069

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-87.133

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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