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CVE-2007-0997

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.9 Published: 2007-09-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in the tee (sys_tee) system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents), or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to a potentially dropped ipipe lock during a race between two pipe readers.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References