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CVE-2016-6516

CVE-2016-6516 REJECTED CVSS 7.400000095367432 HIGH

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 0.95% · 59.7th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.400000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.95%
59.7th 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 21, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score

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