Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201718261000
Revision Date:2018-04-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-18261 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-18261
Platform(s):Ubuntu 17.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in artful is not affected (note: '4.12.0-13.14').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in artful is not affected (note: '4.13.0-1004.4').
  • OR The 'linux-snapdragon' package in artful is affected and needs fixing.
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