xorg announce - Jul 2020 - X.Org security advisory: July 31, 2020: Xserver

X.Org security advisory: July 31, 2020

X Server Pixel Data Uninitialized Memory Information Disclosure 
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CVE-2020-14347

Allocation for pixmap data in AllocatePixmap() does not initialize the
memory in xserver, it leads to leak uninitialize heap memory to
clients. When the X server runs with elevated privileges.

This flaw can lead to ASLR bypass, which when combined with other
flaws (known/unknown) could lead to lead to privilege elevation in the
client.

Patch
====
A patch for this issue has been commited to the xorg server git
repository.  xorg-server 1.20.9 will be released shortly and will
include this patch.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver.git

diff --git a/dix/pixmap.c b/dix/pixmap.c
index 1186d7dbb..5a0146bbb 100644
--- a/dix/pixmap.c
+++ b/dix/pixmap.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ AllocatePixmap(ScreenPtr pScreen, int pixDataSize)
     if (pScreen->totalPixmapSize > ((size_t) - 1) - pixDataSize)
         return NullPixmap;
 
-    pPixmap = malloc(pScreen->totalPixmapSize + pixDataSize);
+    pPixmap = calloc(1, pScreen->totalPixmapSize + pixDataSize);
     if (!pPixmap)
         return NullPixmap;
    
Thanks
=====
This vulnerability was discovered by Jan-Niklas Sohn working with
Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

-- 
Matthieu Herrb
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