Description
The driver_override implementation in drivers/base/platform.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a race condition between a read operation and a store operation that involve different overrides.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057474
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100651
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489078
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.1
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
18.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
3.17 - 3.18.61
Published
Sep 08, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026