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CVE-2017-12146

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.0
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.059

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-3508-1) linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic_4.10.0-42.46_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3508-1) linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic_4.10.0-42.46_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3508-1) linux-image-4.10.0-42-lowlatency_4.10.0-42.46_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3508-1) linux-image-4.10.0-42-lowlatency_4.10.0-42.46_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel (USN-3508-2) linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic_4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel (USN-3508-2) linux-image-4.10.0-42-generic_4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel (USN-3508-2) linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04_4.10.0.42.44_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel (USN-3508-2) linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04_4.10.0.42.44_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel (USN-3508-2) linux-image-4.10.0-42-lowlatency_4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel (USN-3508-2) linux-image-4.10.0-42-lowlatency_4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel (USN-3508-2) linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04_4.10.0.42.44_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel (USN-3508-2) linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04_4.10.0.42.44_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234