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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-0991 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:36:04.290Z

Reserved: 2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2007-0997

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-18T19:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-0997

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