The driver_override implementation in drivers/base...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 2, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Sep 8, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Last updated
Feb 2, 2023
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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