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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-7533): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-7533): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/03/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/04/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-1013-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-30-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-30-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-30-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1024-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1027-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1028-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1031-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1067-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1069-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1070-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1072-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-89-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-89-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-89-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-89-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-89-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-89-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-89-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-92-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-92-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-92-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-92-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-92-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-92-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-92-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2

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