Bug 1436798 (CVE-2017-7294) - CVE-2017-7294 kernel: drm/vmwgfx: fix integer overflow in vmw_surface_define_ioctl()
Summary: CVE-2017-7294 kernel: drm/vmwgfx: fix integer overflow in vmw_surface_define_...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-7294
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1436802 1437432 1437894 1437895 1437896 1437897 1437898 1437899 1437900 1437901 1470097 1695718 1695787
Blocks: 1392508
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-03-28 17:30 UTC by Vladis Dronov
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:24 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's vmw_surface_define_ioctl() function, in the 'drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c' file. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is unlikely.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:09:40 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:0676 0 None None None 2018-04-10 08:05:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:1062 0 None None None 2018-04-10 09:28:51 UTC

Description Vladis Dronov 2017-03-28 17:30:19 UTC 
In was found that in the Linux kernel in vmw_surface_define_ioctl() function in 'drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c' file, a 'req->mip_levels[i]' are user-controlled values which are not checked for the upper limit and are used to calculate 'num_sizes' parameter. Both the 'num_sizes' and the array are 'uint32_t' so it is possible to make 'num_sizes' overflow. Later 'mip_levels[i]' are used as the loop count. This can lead an oob-write and/or kernel lock up. 

Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is unlikely.

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/688

Proposed patch:

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2017-March/137094.html
Comment 1 Vladis Dronov 2017-03-28 17:33:32 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1436802]
Comment 8 Vladis Dronov 2017-03-31 12:38:11 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as the code where the flaw was found is not present in this product.

This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and MRG-2. Future Linux kernel updates for the respective releases might address this issue.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 08:04:52 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:0676 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 09:28:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:1062 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
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