Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-0997
CVE-2007-0997
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.
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14cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2.6.17 - 2.6.17.6
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