CVE-2017-2618

NameCVE-2017-2618
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3791-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.282-1fixed
bullseye5.10.178-3fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.179-1fixed
bookworm, sid6.1.27-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy(not affected)
linuxsourcejessie3.16.39-1+deb8u1DSA-3791-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.9.10-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Fixed by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c461cb727d146c9ef2d3e86214f498b78b7d125

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