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CVE-2016-6516

Date: August 6, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362457
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92259
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=10eec60ce79187686e052092e5383c99b4420a20
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/31/6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6516
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/10eec60ce79187686e052092e5383c99b4420a20
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6516

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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