CVE-2017-1000379 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2017-1000379?

CVE-2017-1000379 is a high-severity memory corruption 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 running on AMD64 systems will sometimes map the contents of PIE executable, the heap or ld.so to where the stack is mapped allowing attackers to more easily manipulate the stack. Linux Kernel version 4.11.5 is affected.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000379?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1000379?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-1000379 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-1000379 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000379, GHSA-35p4-hgm9-xjp2, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000379.