vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-2618): Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 22, 2017 | Jul 21, 2017 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 22, 2017
Added
Jul 21, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-126-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-126-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-126-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-126-powerpc-e500ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-126-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-126-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-126-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-126-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-10-0-27-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trustyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trustyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
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