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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

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe0

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
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