CVE-2017-1000379 Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-693.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-5178987
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 19 Jun 2017
Introduced: 19 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-1000379 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-693.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1842.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.