CVE-2007-0997 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0997?

CVE-2007-0997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0997?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2007-0997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xv94-528x-8j92.