--- title: "CVE-2007-0997\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0997?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-0997 Publication date 18 September 2007 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux-source-2.6.17 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.6.17.1-12.40 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0997) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0997) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-0997) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0997) ### Other references *