CVE-2017-7533 is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.
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Lower probability of exploitation
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Race condition in the fsnotify implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.12.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application that leverages simultaneous execution of the inotify_handle_event and vfs_rename functions.