CVE-2017-5577 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2017-5577?

CVE-2017-5577 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The 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.

Weakness: CWE-388

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5577?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5577?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2017-5577 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5577 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5577, GHSA-7x5q-fmr2-vpr2.