CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2007-0997
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.25%
Linux
Original NVD Description
Race condition in the tee (sys_tee) system call in the Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.17.6 might allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information (kernel memory contents), or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to a potentially dropped ipipe lock during a race between two pipe readers.