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.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
References
History
No history.

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-06-13T19:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T17:11:02.363Z
Reserved: 2017-06-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-9605

No data.

Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-06-13T19:29:00.393
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-9605
