What is CVE-2017-1000371?

CVE-2017-1000371 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2017-1000371 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-1000371?

CVE-2017-1000371 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-1000371?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-1000371. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2017-1000371 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-1000371 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2017-1000371

High

The offset2lib patch as used by the Linux Kernel contains a vulnerability, if RLIMIT_STACK is set to RLIM_INFINITY and 1 Gigabyte of memory is allocated (the maximum under the 1/4 restriction) then the stack will be grown down to 0x80000000, and as the PIE binary is mapped above 0x80000000 the minimum distance between the end of the PIE binary's read-write segment and the start of the stack becomes small enough that the stack guard page can be jumped over by an attacker. This affects Linux Kernel version 4.11.5. This is a different issue than CVE-2017-1000370 and CVE-2017-1000365. This issue appears to be limited to i386 based systems.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-06-19

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2017-1000371 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981

Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99131

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000371

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Exploit-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42273/

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Exploit-DB
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42276/

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Qualys
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt

Third Party Advisory

Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-1000371

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2017-06-19

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000371?

CVE-2017-1000371 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2017-1000371 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-1000371?

CVE-2017-1000371 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-1000371?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-1000371. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2017-1000371 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2017-1000371 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.