CVE-2017-12146

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

08/09/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.00 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

7.00

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.17 (including)	3.18.61 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 (including)	4.1.43 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.2 (including)	4.4.77 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.5 (including)	4.9.37 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.11.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.12 (including)	4.12.1 (excluding)

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CVE-2017-12146

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools