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.
References
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=0c461cb727d146c9ef2d3e86214f498b78b7d125 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2618 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=148588165923772&w=2 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96272 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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Information
Published : 2018-07-27 12:29
Updated : 2023-02-12 15:29
NVD link : CVE-2017-2618
Mitre link : CVE-2017-2618
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-193
Off-by-one Error
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_server
linux
- linux_kernel
debian
- debian_linux