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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-10661): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-10661): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/31/2017
Modified
01/23/2025

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-135-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-135-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-135-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-135-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-135-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-135-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-135-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-135-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp

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