USN-3335-1
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linux vulnerability
It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges
Exploit probability
Not scored
Published
June 22, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 22, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
114 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
USN-3335-1
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It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges
05 / REFERENCES