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CVE-2017-12146
HIGH · CVSS 7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-09-08T19:29:00.207 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:02:46.323

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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