CVE-2017-5577

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5577
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-06 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-02-08 18:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe vc4_get_bcl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c in the VideoCore DRM driver in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 does not set an errno value upon certain overflow detections, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer dereference and OOPS) via inconsistent size values in a VC4_SUBMIT_CL ioctl call.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-388

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
LKML: Eric Anholt: [PATCH 2/2] drm/vc4: Return -EINVAL on the overflow checks failing. MLIST lkml.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-5577 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE request: Linux kernel: vc4: int overflow leading to heap-based buffer overflow MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
drm/vc4: Return -EINVAL on the overflow checks failing. · torvalds/linux@6b8ac63 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Bug 1416437 – CVE-2017-5577 kernel: vc4: Heap-buffer overflow due to failing checks CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
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