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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 27, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-2618

CVE-2017-2618

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.

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Affected products

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  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <4.9.10
    • (no CPE)range: 4.9.10
  • Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Desktop
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server Aus2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Eus3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Workstation
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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