The arch_timer_reg_read_stable macro in arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h in the Linux kernel before 4.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) by writing to a file under /sys/kernel/debug in certain circumstances, as demonstrated by a scenario involving debugfs, ftrace, PREEMPT_TRACER, and FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER.
References
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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2018-04-19 01:29
Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03
NVD link : CVE-2017-18261
Mitre link : CVE-2017-18261
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CWE
CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel