CVE-2017-7533

Publication date

2017-08-05 16:00:00

Family

redhat

State

PUBLISHED

Description

Race condition in the fsnotify implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.12.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application that leverages simultaneous execution of the inotify_handle_event and vfs_rename functions.