vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-10661: linux -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 19, 2017
Added
Sep 25, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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