CVE-2016-3070 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3070?

CVE-2016-3070 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Aug 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3070?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3070?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-3070 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3070 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3070, GHSA-7ccr-wgh4-75wx, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3070, USN-3034-1, USN-3035-3, USN-3036-1 and 1 more.