Out-of-Bounds Affecting linux-vmware-6.12 package, versions <6.12.71-r0
Threat Intelligence
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- published21 Jan 2026
- disclosed19 Jun 2017
Introduced: 19 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-1000377 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard linux-vmware-6.12 to version 6.12.71-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-vmware-6.12 package and not the linux-vmware-6.12 package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in the size of the default stack guard page on PAX Linux (originally from GRSecurity but shipped by other Linux vendors), specifically the default stack guard page is not sufficiently large and can be "jumped" over (the stack guard page is bypassed), this affects PAX Linux Kernel versions as of June 19, 2017 (specific version information is not available at this time).