CVE-2017-18261 | BDVDB-2026-99722 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/adb4f11e0a8f4e29900adb2b7af28b6bbd5c1fa4

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-04-19Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.