UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12146
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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12146
Published: 8 Sept 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
Upstream:
Aliases:
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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12146, https://git.kernel.org/linus/6265539776a0810b7ce6398c27866ddb9c6bd154, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3508-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3508-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12146
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux-lts-xenial
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -4.4.0-93.116~14.04.1
Affected versions
4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
4.4.0-14.30~14.04.2
4.4.0-15.31~14.04.1
4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1
4.4.0-21.37~14.04.1
4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1
4.4.0-22.40~14.04.1
4.4.0-24.43~14.04.1
4.4.0-28.47~14.04.1
4.4.0-31.50~14.04.1
4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1
4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1
4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1
4.4.0-42.62~14.04.1
4.4.0-45.66~14.04.1
4.4.0-47.68~14.04.1
4.4.0-51.72~14.04.1
4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1
4.4.0-57.78~14.04.1
4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
4.4.0-62.83~14.04.1
4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2
4.4.0-64.85~14.04.1
4.4.0-66.87~14.04.1
4.4.0-67.88~14.04.1
4.4.0-70.91~14.04.1
4.4.0-71.92~14.04.1
4.4.0-72.93~14.04.1
4.4.0-75.96~14.04.1
4.4.0-78.99~14.04.2
4.4.0-79.100~14.04.1
4.4.0-81.104~14.04.1
4.4.0-83.106~14.04.1
4.4.0-87.110~14.04.1
4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1
4.4.0-91.114~14.04.1
4.4.0-92.115~14.04.1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
