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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% · 66.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.52%
66.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe0

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