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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References
8- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96272nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791nvdThird Party Advisory
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