CVE-2017-5967 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-5967?

CVE-2017-5967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The time subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9, when CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID values inside a PID namespace) by reading the /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in kernel/time/timer.c.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5967?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5967?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-5967 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5967, GHSA-3vpq-g4qh-42g9, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5967.