CVE-2017-10661

high

Description

Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.15 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (list corruption or use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing.

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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43345/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0036

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100215

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-2308

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1481136

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.15

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-19

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.13378