CVE-2016-6516
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6516
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6516.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6516
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-06T20:59:15Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Severity
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- 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Race condition in the ioctlfilededupe_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.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/31/6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362457
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10eec60ce79187686e052092e5383c99b4420a20
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/10eec60ce79187686e052092e5383c99b4420a20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92259