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.
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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: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:2.6.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2007-09-18 12:17

Updated : 2008-09-05 14:19


NVD link : CVE-2007-0997

Mitre link : CVE-2007-0997


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CWE
CWE-362

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

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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel