CVE-2017-18261 (GCVE-0-2017-18261)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-19 08:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/adb4f11e… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2018-04-19 00:00
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