Vulnerability CVE-2017-12146
Published: 2017-09-08   Modified: 2017-09-09

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.

Type:

CWE-362

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100651
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489078
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057474
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
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