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A race condition was found in the Linux kernel versions 3.14-rc1 through 4.12. The race happens between threads of inotify_handle_event() and vfs_rename() while running the rename operation against the same file. The next slab data or the slab's free list pointer can be corrupted with attacker-controlled data as a result of the race.

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel versions 3.14-rc1 through 4.12. The race happens between threads of inotify_handle_event() and vfs_rename() while running the rename operation against the same file. The next slab data or the slab's free list pointer can be corrupted with attacker-controlled data as a result of the race.