medium5.5
CVE-2017-2618
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files before 4.9.10.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 4.9.10 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | Versions 7.3, 7.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | Versions 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2618
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=0c461cb727d146c9ef2d3e86214f498b78b7d125
- https://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=148588165923772&w=2
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2618
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=0c461cb727d146c9ef2d3e86214f498b78b7d125
- https://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=148588165923772&w=2
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791