Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-1000364

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory management errors in implementation of various functions under multiple operating systems. A local or remote attacker can trigger the affected application to process specially crafted data, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The vulnerability is dubbed by Qualys researchers as “Stack Clash”.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000364

Sources

• https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt?_ga=2.101223617.152741184.1497954934-1...
• https://blog.qualys.com/securitylabs/2017/06/19/the-stack-clash
• http://cansecwest.com/core05/memory_vulns_delalleau.pdf
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000364