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Medium
CVE-2017-2618
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of...
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files before 4.9.10. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel memory.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=148588165923772&w=2
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2618
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=0c461cb727d146c9ef2d3e86214f498b78b7d125
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96272
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Affected Vendor
Linux
View all reports →Affected Software
kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
4.9.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 27th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.