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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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3791-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11779 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3361-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3381-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3381-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:02:07.208Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2618

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-27T19:29:00.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:23:50.630

Link: CVE-2017-2618

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-02-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-2618 - Bugzilla

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