BSA-2017-359

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2017-359 Component : Kernel Revision : 2.0: Interim The offset2lib patch as used by the Linux Kernel contains a vulnerability, if RLIMITSTACK is set to RLIMITINFINITY and 1 Gigabyte of memory is allocated the maximum under the 1/4 restriction then the stack will be grow...

The vulnerability of the patch offset2lib in the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to gain access to the stack protection mechanism.

The vulnerability of patch offset2lib in Linux operating systems arises from the minimal memory range between the upper boundary of the stack and the PIE binary code segment, which is located in memory starting at 0x40000000. This occurs when the RLIMITSTACK parameter is set to RLIMINFINITY, and ...