VDB
CVE-2016-6516
CVE-2016-6516
REJECTED
Race condition in the ioctl_file_dedupe_range function in fs/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly gain privileges by changing a certain count value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
EPSS 0.52% · 67.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.52%
67.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc-repo)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc-repo)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc-repo)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc-repo)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc-repo)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc-repo)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc)
- An demonstration of how to exploit double-fetch vulnerability CVE-2016-6516 (github-poc)
Timeline
- Aug 6, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 17, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6516 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/10eec60ce79187686e052092e5383c99b4420a20 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6516 third-party-advisory