CVE-2017-12146

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-12146
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-09-08T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.12
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057474 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489078 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.1 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100651
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12146
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12146
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:21:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:41:58 2017-09-08T19:29Z 2017-09-08T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:41:58 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:41:58 Modified Vulnerability Status updated