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CVE-2017-5576

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in 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 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted size value in a VC4_SUBMIT_CL ioctl call.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.5 before 4.9.7 — fixed in 4.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f2ff82e11c86c05d051cae32b58226392d33bbf
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95767
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416436
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0f2ff82e11c86c05d051cae32b58226392d33bbf
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/1/17/761
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0f2ff82e11c86c05d051cae32b58226392d33bbf
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95767
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416436

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