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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-08T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:28:16.463Z

Reserved: 2017-08-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-12146

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-09-08T19:29:00.207

Modified: 2023-06-21T20:59:19.180

Link: CVE-2017-12146

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-05-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-12146 - Bugzilla