On the x86-64 architecture, the GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.31 fails to ignore the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable during program execution after a security transition, allowing local attackers to restrict the possible mapping addresses for loaded libraries and thus bypass ASLR for a setuid program.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25204 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25204 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 3.3 · gnu, canonical, fedoraprojectNVD modified 2026-10-14 07:16
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4FQ5LC6JOYSOYFPRUZ4S45KL6IP3RPPZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZFJ5E7NWOL6ROE5QVICHKIOUGCPFJVUH/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25204 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4FQ5LC6JOYSOYFPRUZ4S45KL6IP3RPPZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZFJ5E7NWOL6ROE5QVICHKIOUGCPFJVUH/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25204 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html