CVE-2017-12146

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    CVE-2017-12146

    Published: 8 Sept 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High