CVE-2017-1000379

high

Published 2017-06-19 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42275 local linux_x86-64 verified

Qualys Corporation · 2017-06-28

Linux Kernel (Debian 7.7/8.5/9.0 / Ubuntu 14.04.2/16.04.2/17.04 / Fedora 22/25 / CentOS 7.3.1611) - 'ldso_hwcap_64 Stack Clash' Local Privilege Escalation

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
arch		fixed	`4.9.34-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.11.6-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.11.6-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.11.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.11.6-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.11.6-1`
linux-kernel		affected	`3.2.90`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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