CVE-2007-0997

Race condition in the tee (sys_tee) system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents), or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to a potentially dropped ipipe lock during a race between two pipe readers.

CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc5::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc6::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.6:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2007-09-18 19:17

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:40

NVD link : CVE-2007-0997

Mitre link : CVE-2007-0997

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-0997

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-362

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

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