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CVE-2007-0997

N/A

Published: September 18, 2007 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

2.6.17 2.6.17 rc1 2.6.17 rc2 2.6.17 rc3 2.6.17 rc4 2.6.17 rc5 2.6.17 rc6 2.6.17.1 2.6.17.2 2.6.17.3 2.6.17.4 2.6.17.5 2.6.17.6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-362

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