CVE-2017-2618
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (12)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server aus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux server eus= 7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (26)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2618cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419916cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2618cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=0c461cb727d146c9ef2d3e86214f498b78b7d125cnnvd
- https://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=148588165923772&w=2cnnvd
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