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CVE-2017-7346 json

The vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.7 does not validate ce…

published 2017-03-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16373

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.7 does not validate certain levels data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.11.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7346

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-125.174
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-87.110
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1026.35
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1022.22
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1065.73
  • linux-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-87.110~14.04.1
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1067.72

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7346

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.74-7.10.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.74-7.10.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.74-7.10.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.74-7.10.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 4.4.74-92.29.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +1 more 4.4.74-92.29.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +3 more 4.4.74-92.29.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 4.4.74-92.29.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1SUSE-SU-2017:1853-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7346 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: drm/vmwgfx: limit the number of mip levels in vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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