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CVE-2017-7533

CVSS v3.1 7 (High)
70% Progress
CVSS v2.0 6.9 (Medium)
69% Progress
EPSS 0.06 % (25th)
0.06% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 55
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2017-08-05 16:29:00
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-06-21 15:57:13
(15 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel from 3.14 version and prior 3.16.47 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.14 < 3.16.47
  Linux Kernel from 3.17 version and prior 3.18.64 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.17 < 3.18.64
  Linux Kernel from 3.19 version and prior 4.4.80 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 3.19 < 4.4.80
  Linux Kernel from 4.5 version and prior 4.9.41 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.5 < 4.9.41
  Linux Kernel from 4.10 version and prior 4.12.5 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.10 < 4.12.5