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Unscored CVE-2007-0997 EUVD-2007-0991GHSA-xv94-528x-8j92

Race condition in the tee (sys_tee) system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of se…

Published Sep 18, 2007 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

Race condition in the tee (sys_tee) system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents), or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to a potentially dropped ipipe lock during a race between two pipe readers.

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