PT-2017-12367 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Guoygang + 1 · Published 2017-07-13 · Updated 2023-06-21 · CVE-2017-12146

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.12.1

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a race condition between a read operation and a store operation that involve different overrides in the driver override implementation in drivers/base/platform.c.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.12.1, update to version 4.12.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1870

ALT-PU-2017-1873

CVE-2017-12146

DSA-3981-1

USN-3508-1

USN-3508-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Ubuntu

References · 24

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154 · Patch
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4084.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3508-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3981-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12146 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3508-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 · Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489078 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16939 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12146 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12146 · Vendor Advisory