UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3070

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3070

    Published: 13 May 2016Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-3070
    Aliases:
    USN-3034-1
    USN-3034-2
    USN-3035-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3070, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306851, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308846, https://git.kernel.org/linus/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3037-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3036-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3034-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3035-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3035-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3035-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3034-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3070

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-92.139

    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