CVE-2016-6516
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Published: August 6, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.7
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/31/6x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362457x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/10eec60ce79187686e052092e5383c99b4420a20Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-362
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