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high 7.0

CVE-2017-12146 json

The driver_override implementation in drivers/base/platform.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.1 allows local users to gain privileges by le…

published 2017-09-08 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-3730

cvss
7.0
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.18.61, 4.1.43, 4.4.77, 4.9.37, 4.11.10, 4.12.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.11.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12146

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-93.116
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1032.41
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1002.5
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1028.28
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1071.79
  • linux-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-93.116~14.04.1
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1073.78

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12146

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-alt RHEL 7 4.11.0-44.el7a
  • perf RHEL 7 4.11.0-44.el7a
  • kernel RHEL 7 4.11.0-44.el7a
  • python-perf RHEL 7 4.11.0-44.el7a
  • kernel-tools RHEL 7 4.11.0-44.el7a
  • kernel-tools-libs RHEL 7 4.11.0-44.el7a
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 7 4.11.0-44.el7a
  • kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 7 4.11.0-44.el7a

red hat advisories RHEA-2017:3163

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-12146 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: Race condition in driver_override implementation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) perf 4.11.0-44.el7a, kernel 4.11.0-44.el7a, kernel-alt 4.11.0-44.el7a, python-perf 4.11.0-44.el7a, kernel-tools 4.11.0-44.el7a, kernel-tools-libs 4.11.0-44.el7a, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.11.0-44.el7a, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.11.0-44.el7a
    fixed: vendor fix RHEA-2017:3163
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
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References

Sources

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