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 Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2016-11-25T19:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2016-6516

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

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


Link: CVE-2016-6516

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