Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20166516000
Revision Date:2016-08-06Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-6516 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-6516
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-flo' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gke' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-goldfish' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-mako' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is not affected.
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