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CVE-2017-10661

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 13.38% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-08-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-10661
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
13.38%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.15 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (list corruption or use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing.