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CVE-2017-2618
Published: Jul 27, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
CVSS v3.0
5.5
MEDIUM
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | kernel | affected 4.9.10 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.0 Details
CVSS v3.0 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
References
[selinux] 20170131 [PATCH] selinux: fix off-by-one in setprocattr
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
DSA-3791
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2618
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2017:0932
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0933
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:0931
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
96272
vdb-entry
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