CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-5967

4.0 MEDIUM Published 2017-02-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-02-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

The time subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9, when CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID values inside a PID namespace) by reading the /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in kernel/time/timer.c.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.9.9)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References