Candidate: CVE-2007-0997 References: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18 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. Ubuntu-Description: Notes: jmm> commit aadd06e5c56b9ff5117ec77e59eada43dc46e2fc Bugs: upstream: released (2.6.18), release (2.6.17.7) linux-2.6: released (2.6.18-1) 2.6.18-etch-security: N/A 2.6.8-sarge-security: N/A 2.4.27-sarge-security: N/A "no sys_tee in 2.4" 2.6.15-dapper-security: N/A 2.6.17-edgy-security: N/A 2.6.20-feisty-security: N/A 2.6.22-gutsy-security: N/A