Race condition in the power policy functions in policy-funcs in acpi-support before 0.142 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/acpi-support/%2Bbug/1340812 | |
http://secunia.com/advisories/60319 | third party advisory |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2297-1 | vendor advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2984 | vendor advisory |