CVE-2016-6516

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6516
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6516.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6516
Related
Published
2016-08-06T20:59:15Z
Modified
2024-09-18T01:00:21Z
Severity
  • 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

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.7.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.7.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.7.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}