CVE-2017-9605

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9605

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9605.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-9605

Related

Published

2017-06-13T19:29:00Z

Modified

2024-09-11T02:00:05Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The vmwgbsurfacedefineioctl function (accessible via DRMIOCTLVMWGBSURFACECREATE) in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfxsurface.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.4 defines a backuphandle variable but does not give it an initial value. If one attempts to create a GB surface, with a previously allocated DMA buffer to be used as a backup buffer, the backuphandle variable does not get written to and is then later returned to user space, allowing local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.11.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.11.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.11.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}