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CVE-2017-2618 Details

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 to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2618 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=0c461cb727d146c9ef2d3e86214f498b78b7d125 CVEPatchVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-193Off-by-one Error[email protected]
CWE-682Incorrect Calculation[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-2618
NVD Published Date:
Jul 27, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-2618 Details - Not Deferred