CVE-2017-10661
HIGH 7.0EPSS 13.4%
Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.15 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (list corruption or use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.6 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 13.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile
- Published
- 2017-08-19
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- GeneBlue/CVE-2017-10661_POC12★ · 2017-08-11
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.15
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e38da300e1e395…
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100215
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0036
- torvalds/linux/commit/1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1481136