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CVE-2017-10661
HIGH · CVSS 7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-08-19T18:29:00.257 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:00:28.897

Summary

Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.15 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (list corruption or use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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