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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-04-19T08:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.293Z

Reserved: 2018-04-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-18261

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-04-19T08:29:00.207

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2017-18261

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-08-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18261 - Bugzilla