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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18
Scores
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
16.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (7)
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.17 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.17.1
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.17.2
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.17.3
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.17.4
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.17.5
linux/linux_kernel
2.6.17.6
Published
Sep 18, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026