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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-06T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.273Z

Reserved: 2016-08-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6516

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-06T20:59:15.893

Modified: 2016-11-28T20:33:32.783

Link: CVE-2016-6516

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6516 - Bugzilla