CVE-2017-1000253

Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000253
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-05 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-17 21:04:00 UTC
DescriptionLinux distributions that have not patched their long-term kernels with https://git.kernel.org/linus/a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86 (committed on April 14, 2015). This kernel vulnerability was fixed in April 2015 by commit a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86 (backported to Linux 3.10.77 in May 2015), but it was not recognized as a security threat. With CONFIG_ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_RANDOMIZE_PIE enabled, and a normal top-down address allocation strategy, load_elf_binary() will attempt to map a PIE binary into an address range immediately below mm->mmap_base. Unfortunately, load_elf_ binary() does not take account of the need to allocate sufficient space for the entire binary which means that, while the first PT_LOAD segment is mapped below mm->mmap_base, the subsequent PT_LOAD segment(s) end up being mapped above mm->mmap_base into the are that is supposed to be the "gap" between the stack and the binary.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.541940000 probability, percentile 0.980000000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-09-09; due 2024-09-30; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-119

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorLinux
ProductKernel
NameLinux Kernel PIE Stack Buffer Corruption Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
NotesThis vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000253

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Centos Centos 6.0 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.1 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.2 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.3 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.4 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.5 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.6 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.7 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.8 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.9 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 7.1406 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 7.1503 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 7.1511 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 7.1611 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.0 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.1 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.2 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.3 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.4 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.5 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.6 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.7 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.8 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 6.9 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 7.1406 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 7.1503 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 7.1511 All All All
Operating System Centos Centos 7.1611 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
www.qualys.com/2017/09/26/cve-2017-1000253/cve-2017-1000253.txt MISC www.qualys.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel Stack Corruption Flaw in PIE Executables Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671064 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2599)
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