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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 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.

Affected products

13
  • Linux/Kernel13 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 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:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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