{"cve":"CVE-2007-0997","nvd":{"published":"2007-09-18T19:17:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:36:43.173","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18","http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140","http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18","http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/17/140"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-0997","score":0.00249,"percentile":0.16252,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}