CVE-2017-10661
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-08-19 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 17:41
Severity ?
Summary
Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.15 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (list corruption or use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100215Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0036Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1481136Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43345/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
n/an/a
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