Description
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).
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000377
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99129
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
30.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
Published
Jun 19, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026