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CVE-2016-6516

7.4 highEPSS 0.9%

High (7.4) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.4 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 61% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-119, CWE-362
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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