Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-03-03
Federal due date
2022-03-24
Vendor
Linux
Product
Kernel
EPSS
99.9th percentile (score 0.939, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5195

CISA short description

Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to escalate privileges.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.