CVE-2017-2616

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2616
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2616.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2616
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-07-27T19:29:00.207Z
Modified
2026-07-08T11:35:47.967799Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.

Database specific 
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        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/util-linux/util-linux

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
2a1dd341d91bae655bccde55d5a0bd14a5a4abe3
Introduced
e6a72859700384a7e0565472ecf5c48a6392be0e
Last affected
e6a72859700384a7e0565472ecf5c48a6392be0e
Fixed
dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
Database specific 
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        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.32.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
7-start
7.*
7.0
7.0-start
v2.*
v2.10f
v2.10m
v2.10s
v2.11b
v2.11f
v2.11m
v2.11n
v2.11o
v2.11q
v2.11r
v2.11t
v2.11u
v2.11v
v2.11w
v2.11x
v2.11y
v2.12
v2.12a
v2.12b
v2.12d
v2.12h
v2.12i
v2.12j
v2.12k
v2.12l
v2.12m
v2.12o
v2.12p
v2.12pre
v2.12q
v2.12q-pre1
v2.12q-pre2
v2.12r
v2.12r-pre1
v2.13
v2.13-pre1
v2.13-pre2
v2.13-pre3
v2.13-pre4
v2.13-pre5
v2.13-pre6
v2.13-pre7
v2.13-rc1
v2.13-rc2
v2.13-rc3
v2.14
v2.14-rc1
v2.14-rc2
v2.14-rc3
v2.15
v2.15-rc1
v2.15-rc2
v2.16
v2.16-rc1
v2.16-rc2
v2.17
v2.17-rc1
v2.17-rc2
v2.17-rc3
v2.18
v2.18-rc1
v2.18-rc2
v2.19
v2.19-rc1
v2.19-rc2
v2.19-rc3
v2.2
v2.20
v2.20-rc1
v2.20-rc2
v2.21
v2.21-rc1
v2.21-rc2
v2.22
v2.22-rc1
v2.22-rc2
v2.23
v2.23-rc1
v2.23-rc2
v2.23.2
v2.24
v2.24-rc1
v2.24-rc2
v2.25
v2.25-rc1
v2.25-rc2
v2.26
v2.26-rc1
v2.26-rc2
v2.27
v2.27-rc1
v2.27-rc2
v2.28
v2.28-rc1
v2.28-rc2
v2.29
v2.29-rc1
v2.29-rc2
v2.30
v2.30-rc1
v2.30-rc2
v2.31
v2.31-rc1
v2.31-rc2
v2.32
v2.32-rc1
v2.32-rc2
v2.5
v2.7.1
v2.8
v2.9i
v2.9v

Database specific

vanir_signatures 
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        "signature_version": "v1",
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        "digest": {
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2017-2616-2c18f385",
        "target": {
            "file": "login-utils/su-common.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "315096434462509264335874598434674430021",
            "length": 2743.0
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "CVE-2017-2616-f61c0019",
        "target": {
            "function": "create_watching_parent",
            "file": "login-utils/su-common.c"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T11:35:47Z"
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2616.json"