CVE-2017-2618

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Feb 2023, 23:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel memory. 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.
CWE CWE-682 CWE-193
References
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419916', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419916', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2618', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2618', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 16:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary 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. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel memory.
References
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419916 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2618 -

Information

Published : 2018-07-27 19:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44


NVD link : CVE-2017-2618

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2618

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2618


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux
  • enterprise_linux_server_eus
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus
  • enterprise_linux_desktop

linux

  • linux_kernel

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-193

Off-by-one Error

CWE-682

Incorrect Calculation