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CVE-2016-6516
HIGH · CVSS 7.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-06T20:59:15.893 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:51:18.483

Summary

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 products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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