CVE-2017-1000365

kernel: RLIMIT_STACK/RLIMIT_INFINITY string size limitation bypass

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 19, 2017

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The Linux Kernel imposes a size restriction on the arguments and environmental strings passed through RLIMIT_STACK/RLIMIT_INFINITY, but does not take the argument and environment pointers into account, which allows attackers to bypass this limitation.

Statement

This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,6, 7 and MRG-2.

Future Linux kernel updates for the respective releases may address this issue.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 2.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation