The process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allows local users to bypass a pointer-guarding protection mechanism via a zero value of the LD_POINTER_GUARD environment variable.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade glibc | Sep 1, 2017 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade glibc-debuginfoUpgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-headersUpgrade glibc-staticUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibcUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-debuginfo-common | Aug 28, 2019 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade glibcUpgrade eglibc | Feb 17, 2016 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Mar 5, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-libs/glibc. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-headersUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibc-staticUpgrade glibc-common | Nov 30, 2017 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibc-headersUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-staticUpgrade glibc | Nov 30, 2017 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-staticUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-headers | Aug 8, 2017 | Sep 5, 2015 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade glibc-staticUpgrade glibc-debuginfoUpgrade glibc-headersUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-debuginfo-commonUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-commonUpgrade glibc-utilsNo solution existsUpgrade glibc-devel | Aug 3, 2017 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade glibc-localeUpgrade glibc-locale-x86Upgrade glibc-locale-base-32bitUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibc-locale-baseUpgrade glibc-x86Upgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc-profile-x86Upgrade glibc-i18ndataUpgrade glibc-devel-staticUpgrade glibc-devel-32bitUpgrade glibc-langUpgrade sles11sp4-docker-imageUpgrade glibc-htmlUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade glibc-infoUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-32bitUpgrade glibc-extraUpgrade glibc-profileUpgrade glibcUpgrade glibc-locale-32bitUpgrade glibc-profile-32bit | Feb 16, 2016 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libc6Upgrade libc6-dev | May 27, 2016 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jan 20, 2016 |
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