CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7533
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-05
- 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
Race condition in the fsnotify implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.12.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application that leverages simultaneous execution of the inotify_handle_event and vfs_rename functions.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.14 < 3.16.47)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.64)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.4.80)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.41)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.12.5)
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=49d31c2f389acfe83417083e1208422b4091cd9e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/03/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100123 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039075 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2473 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2585 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2770 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2869 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468283 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/49d31c2f389acfe83417083e1208422b4091cd9e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9755753/ Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9755757/ Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1408967.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=49d31c2f389acfe83417083e1208422b4091cd9e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/03/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100123 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039075 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2473 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2585 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2770 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2869 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468283 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/49d31c2f389acfe83417083e1208422b4091cd9e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9755753/ Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9755757/ Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1408967.html Third Party Advisory