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CVE-2017-9986 (GCVE-0-2017-9986)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-28 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:25
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Summary
The intr function in sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-06-27 00:00
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