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CVE-2017-7533

Date: August 5, 2017

Race condition in the fsnotify implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.12.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application that leverages simultaneous execution of the inotify_handle_event and vfs_rename functions.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.0

Related Resources (24)

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/03/2

Url: https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1408967.html

Url: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-12-01

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/49d31c2f389acfe83417083e1208422b4091cd9e

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7533

Url: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9755753/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2473

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2770

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468283

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2585

Url: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9755757/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=49d31c2f389acfe83417083e1208422b4091cd9e

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7533

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7533

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2869

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100123

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039075

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-7533

Severity Score

7.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: August 5, 2017

Language: C

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