| Name | CVE-2017-18261 |
| Description | The arch_timer_reg_read_stable macro in arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h in the Linux kernel before 4.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) by writing to a file under /sys/kernel/debug in certain circumstances, as demonstrated by a scenario involving debugfs, ftrace, PREEMPT_TRACER, and FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.304-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.209-2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.205-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.76-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.85-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.6.15-2 | fixed |
| sid | 6.7.9-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.13.4-1 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4 (4.13-rc6)