GHSA-hpw2-j46j-hpv2

GHSA-hpw2-j46j-hpv2 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

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.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch (4 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory

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