CVE-2017-1000365 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2017-1000365?

CVE-2017-1000365 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Linux Kernel imposes a size restriction on the arguments and environmental strings passed through RLIMIT_STACK/RLIM_INFINITY (1/4 of the size), but does not take the argument and environment pointers into account, which allows attackers to bypass this limitation. This affects Linux Kernel versions 4.11.5 and earlier. It appears that this feature was introduced in the Linux Kernel version 2.6.23.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000365?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1000365?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-1000365 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000365 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000365, GHSA-32r2-rwm4-hqgg, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000365.