Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 27, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-2616
CVE-2017-2616
Description
A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.
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Affected products
35- osv-coords34 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/util-linux&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/coreutils&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/python-libmount&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/util-linux-systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 2.36.2-3.2+ 33 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.36.2-3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 8.12-6.25.33.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.12-6.25.33.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-24.10.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-24.10.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-24.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-24.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-24.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-24.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.25-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.28-44.3.3
- Range: 2.32.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793nvdThird Party Advisory
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