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Total vulnerabilities in the database

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.

  • Published: Sep 18, 2007
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2007-0997
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.9
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc6 2.6.17-rc6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17.2 2.6.17.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17.4 2.6.17.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17.3 2.6.17.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17.5 2.6.17.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17 2.6.17.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc3 2.6.17-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17.1 2.6.17.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc1 2.6.17-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc2 2.6.17-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17.6 2.6.17.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc4 2.6.17-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.17-rc5 2.6.17-rc5.x