ZeroHour

CVE-2016-6516

CVSS 3.0
7.4 high
EPSS
<1%p59
Published
()
Modified
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.

Vendors
linux
Products
linux kernel
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-362
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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