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.
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cve-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-13T19:29:00.393

Modified: 2017-11-04T01:29:57.133

Link: CVE-2017-9605

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-06-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9605 - Bugzilla