CVE-2007-0997 (GCVE-0-2007-0997)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-09-18 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 02:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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