NVD
- Id
- 87146
- Name
- CVE-2017-9605
- Description
- The vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl function (accessible via DRM_IOCTL_VMW_GB_SURFACE_CREATE) in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.4 defines a backup_handle 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 backup_handle 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.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 4.9
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 4.9
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 6.9
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.9
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
- Pub Date
- 2017-06-28
- Published
- 2017-06-13
- Modified Date
- 2017-06-27
- Seq
- 2017-9605