UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2618
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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2618
Published: 9 Feb 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2618, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3381-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3381-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2618
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -3.13.0-126.175
Affected versions
3.11.0-12.19
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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Network
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User Interaction
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Integrity
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Availability
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