vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-2618: ELSA-2017-0933: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2017-02-16
Added
2017-04-13
Modified
2025-01-23

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.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel memory.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kerneloracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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