CVE-2007-0997

Published: Sep 18, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.9

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (13)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

13 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17.1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17.3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17.4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17.5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17.6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 2.6.17 rc6

Related CWEs

CWE-362

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

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (4)

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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