Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-12146
Published: September 8, 2017 / Updated: December 10, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9606
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12146
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition between a read operation and a store operation that involve different overrides in driver_override implementation in drivers/base/platform.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition between a read operation and a store operation that involve different overrides in driver_override implementation in drivers/base/platform.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12146
Update to version 4.12.1