Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-696.3.2.el6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.24% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-KERNELDEVEL-2143611
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Jun 2017

Introduced: 19 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-1000364  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 kernel-devel to version 0:2.6.32-696.3.2.el6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the size of the stack guard page on Linux, specifically a 4k stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be "jumped" over (the stack guard page is bypassed), this affects Linux Kernel versions 4.11.5 and earlier (the stackguard page was introduced in 2010).