CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-12146
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
The driver_override implementation in drivers/base/platform.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a race condition between a read operation and a store operation that involve different overrides.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.61)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.43)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.77)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.37)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.11.10)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.12 < 4.12.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100651 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489078 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057474 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.1 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100651 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489078 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057474 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 Patch, Third Party Advisory