CVE 2017-10661
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.
Related bugs and status
CVE-2017-10661 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1720867: Trusty NVMe boot fails on some systems
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1720867 | Trusty NVMe boot fails on some systems | linux (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
| 1720867 | Trusty NVMe boot fails on some systems | linux (Ubuntu Trusty) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1722335: linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | linux (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Invalid | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow | Medium | Invalid | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow automated-testing | Medium | Incomplete | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow certification-testing | Medium | Confirmed | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow prepare-package | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow prepare-package-meta | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow prepare-package-signed | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow promote-to-proposed | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow promote-to-security | Medium | New | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow promote-to-updates | Medium | New | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow regression-testing | Medium | Confirmed | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow security-signoff | Medium | Confirmed | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow upload-to-ppa | Medium | Invalid | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow verification-testing | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1722335 | linux: 3.13.0-134.183 -proposed tracker | linux (Ubuntu Trusty) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1724500: linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | linux (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Invalid | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow automated-testing | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow certification-testing | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow prepare-package | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow prepare-package-meta | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow prepare-package-signed | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow promote-to-proposed | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow promote-to-security | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow promote-to-updates | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow regression-testing | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow security-signoff | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow upload-to-ppa | Medium | Invalid | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | Kernel SRU Workflow verification-testing | Medium | Fix Released | ||
| 1724500 | linux: 3.13.0-135.184 -proposed tracker | linux (Ubuntu Trusty) | Undecided | Fix Released | ||
See the 
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.
