Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201665160000000
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
  • linux-hwe package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
  • OR linux-meta-hwe package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
  • OR linux-signed-hwe package in xenial, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1').
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