CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-10661
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.92)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.16.47)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.52)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.41)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.67)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.27)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.10.15)
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions 7.4
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.15 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100215 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0036 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1481136 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43345/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.15 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100215 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0036 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1481136 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43345/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry