Medium severity4.0NVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5967
CVE-2017-5967
Description
The time subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9, when CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID values inside a PID namespace) by reading the /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in kernel/time/timer.c.
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References
3- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96271nvd
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