CVE-2017-10661

highpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.135 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

13.5% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 7.6 · high

Is it mine?

70 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.6

v2.07.6highAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 10

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.17highAV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimaryCWE-362USCWE-416US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-43345Linux kernel < 4.10.15 - Race Condition Privilege EscalationPoC · exploit_db
GeneBlue/CVE-2017-10661_POCpoc for cve-2017-10661PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (70)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager15.1.0 → 15.1.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Access Policy Manager16.0.0 → 16.0.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager15.1.0 → 15.1.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager16.0.0 → 16.0.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall15.1.0 → 15.1.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Advanced Web Application Firewall16.0.0 → 16.0.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics15.1.0 → 15.1.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Analytics16.0.0 → 16.0.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager15.1.0 → 15.1.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager16.0.0 → 16.0.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Application Security Manager14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Application Security Manager15.1.0 → 15.1.5fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Application Security Manager16.0.0 → 16.0.1fstec_bduRU
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP DDos Hybrid Defender14.1.0 → 14.1.4fstec_bduRU

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-08-19modified 2026-06-17

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references (40)

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