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High severity7.8CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2017· Updated Apr 21, 2026

CVE-2017-1000253

CVE-2017-1000253

Description

Linux 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.

Affected products

29
  • Centos/Centos14 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:7.1406:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:7.1503:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:7.1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:centos:centos:7.1611:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: >=2.6.25,<3.2.70
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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