VDB
CVE-2017-18261
CVE-2017-18261
REJECTED
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.
EPSS 0.04% · 14.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
14.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 4.10.0-1008.8, 0, 4.10.0-1004.4 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-oem | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-oem | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-azure | 4.11.0-1016.16, 0, 4.11.0-1009.9 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 4.10.0-40.44~16.04.1, 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1, * |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux | 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Apr 19, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 13, 2022 CVE Updated
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18261 third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18261 third-party-advisory