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CVE-2017-2618
CVE-2017-2618
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.05% · 16.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.05%
16.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-23.45, 3.12.0-3.8, 3.12.0-3.9 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 0, 5.4.0-1004.4, 5.3.0-1017.19 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.4.0-1097.104, 5.4.0-1098.105, 5.4.0-1084.90 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-aws | 4.4.0-1007.16, 4.4.0-1004.13, 4.4.0-1003.12 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1022.25, 0, 4.4.0-1013.14 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 5.15.0-1032.35, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | 0, 6.8.0-2019.20 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.15.0-1018.21, 5.15.0-1011.12, * |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | *, 0, 5.4.0-1063.66+cvm2.2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 4.4.0-1021.27, 4.4.0-1023.29, 4.4.0-1017.23 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | 0, 5.15.0-1073.75 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 4.8.0-45.48~16.04.1, 0, * |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1, 0, 4.4.0-62.83~14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.4.0-40.45, 5.4.0-24.28, 5.4.0-34.38 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 0, 4.2.0-16.19, 4.2.0-17.21 |
Timeline
- Feb 9, 2017 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 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2618 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3381-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3381-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2618 third-party-advisory