CVE-2016-3070
The trace_writeback_dirty_page implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in the Linux kernel before 4.4 improperly interacts with…
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- USN-3035-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3035-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308846 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3036-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2584 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3035-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2574 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3037-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3607 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3070 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3034-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 90518 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3034-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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