Linux Kernel Null Write Vulnerability

CVE-2017-2618 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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