CVE-2017-10661
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2017-08-19 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
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.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.0 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Privileges Required: | None |
| User Interaction: | Required |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | High |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3637 | 2017-11-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.19.12.el6uek) | ELSA-2017-3636 | 2017-11-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3636 | 2017-11-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3637 | 2017-11-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.19.12.el7uek) | ELSA-2017-3636 | 2017-11-02 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2018-3083 | 2018-11-05 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3636 | 2017-11-02 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0168 | 2017-11-03 |
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