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CVE-2017-2618

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.46%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-07-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2017-2618
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.46%
Linux

Original NVD 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.

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