Bug 1447556
Summary: | glibc: malloc: check for chunk_size == next->prev->chunk_size in unlink | ||
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Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Reporter: | Florian Weimer <fweimer> |
Component: | glibc | Assignee: | DJ Delorie <dj> |
Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Sergey Kolosov <skolosov> |
Severity: | unspecified | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | unspecified | ||
Version: | 7.4 | CC: | ashankar, dj, fweimer, mcermak, mnewsome, pfrankli, skolosov |
Target Milestone: | rc | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
OS: | Unspecified | ||
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Fixed In Version: | glibc-2.17-197.el7 | Doc Type: | Enhancement |
Doc Text: |
This patch adds an additional check for applications which change memory outside of the range allocated by malloc(), thus further hardening the malloc internals against both accidental and malicious overflows.
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Story Points: | --- |
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2018-04-10 13:58:28 UTC | Type: | Bug |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Bug Blocks: | 1473718 |
Description
Florian Weimer
2017-05-03 08:02:45 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0805 |