CVE-2017-2618
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-2618 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2018-07-27 19:29:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2023-02-12 23:29:00 UTC |
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| 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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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
access.redhat.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
access.redhat.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 1419916 – CVE-2017-2618 kernel: Off-by-one error in selinux_setprocattr (/proc/self/attr/fscreate) |
MISC |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
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| 1419916 – (CVE-2017-2618) CVE-2017-2618 kernel: Off-by-one error in selinux_setprocattr (/proc/self/attr/fscreate) |
CONFIRM |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
access.redhat.com |
Third Party Advisory |
| CVE-2017-2618 - Red Hat Customer Portal |
MISC |
access.redhat.com |
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| kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree |
CONFIRM |
git.kernel.org |
Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3791-1 linux |
DEBIAN |
www.debian.org |
Third Party Advisory |
| '[PATCH] selinux: fix off-by-one in setprocattr' - MARC |
MLIST |
marc.info |
Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Linux Kernel 'selinux/hooks.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability |
BID |
www.securityfocus.com |
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 378168 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for perf (VZLSA-2017:0933)
