DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2618

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2017-2618
Downstream
DSA-3791-1
Published: 27 Jul 2018, 19:29
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Jul 2018, 19:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 4.9.10-1 | < 4.9.10-1 | < 4.9.10-1 | < 4.9.10-1

References (1)