What is CVE-2017-5967?

CVE-2017-5967 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, classified as a Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200). CVE-2017-5967 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-5967?

CVE-2017-5967 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-5967?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-5967. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2017-5967 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-5967 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CVE-2017-5967

Medium

The time subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9, when CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID values inside a PID namespace) by reading the /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in kernel/time/timer.c.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-02-14

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

4.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness type

CWE-200

CVE-2017-5967 is a Information Exposure vulnerability

What is Information Exposure?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2017-5967 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96271
Kernel.org
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193921

Issue Tracking
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=dfb4357da6ddbdf57d583ba64361c9d792b0e0b1
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-5967

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.0 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2017-02-14

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5967?

CVE-2017-5967 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10 , classified as an Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200) . CVE-2017-5967 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-5967?

CVE-2017-5967 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-5967?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-5967. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2017-5967 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2017-5967 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. View CWE-200 on MITRE CWE →