CVE-2017-1000370 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2017-1000370?

CVE-2017-1000370 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 offset2lib patch as used in the Linux Kernel contains a vulnerability that allows a PIE binary to be execve()'ed with 1GB of arguments or environmental strings then the stack occupies the address 0x80000000 and the PIE binary is mapped above 0x40000000 nullifying the protection of the offset2lib patch. This affects Linux Kernel version 4.11.5 and earlier. This is a different issue than CVE-2017-1000371. This issue appears to be limited to i386 based systems.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000370?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1000370?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-1000370 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-1000370 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000370, GHSA-wgvc-2mqw-6w3w, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000370.