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CVE-2017-18261

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Date: April 19, 2018

The arch_timer_reg_read_stable macro in arch/arm64/include/asm/arch_timer.h in the Linux kernel before 4.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) by writing to a file under /sys/kernel/debug in certain circumstances, as demonstrated by a scenario involving debugfs, ftrace, PREEMPT_TRACER, and FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER.

Language: C

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Related Resources (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18261
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-18261

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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