Security Advisory
CVE-2016-3070
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
August 6, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory