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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-08-06T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:40:15.626Z

Reserved: 2016-03-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3070

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-06T20:59:00.157

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:18:06.500

Link: CVE-2016-3070

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3070 - Bugzilla