CVE Database · CVE-2017-10661
CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
13.38%
Published
Aug 19, 2017
Modified
May 12, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (2)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (13)
References (20)