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Windows Kernel partmgr pool memory disclosure in the handling of IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX
Project Member Reported by mjurczyk@google.com, Mar 1 2017 Back to list
We have discovered that the handler of the IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX IOCTL in partmgr.sys discloses portions of uninitialized pool memory to user-mode clients.

The issue can be reproduced by running the attached proof-of-concept program on a system with the Special Pools mechanism enabled for ntoskrnl.exe. Then, it is clearly visible that bytes at the aforementioned offsets are equal to the markers inserted by Special Pools, and would otherwise contain leftover data that was previously stored in that memory region. In this case, the marker byte was 0x29 (")").

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00000000: 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 ee a2 5d 9f 29 29 29 29 ..........].))))
00000010: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000020: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000030: 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 29 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 ....))))........
00000040: 00 00 40 06 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 ..@..........)))
00000050: 07 01 01 29 00 08 00 00 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ...)....))))))))
00000060: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000070: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000080: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000090: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
000000a0: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
000000b0: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
000000c0: 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 29 00 00 50 06 00 00 00 00 ....))))..P.....
000000d0: 00 00 90 39 06 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 ...9.........)))
000000e0: 07 00 01 29 00 28 03 00 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ...).(..))))))))
000000f0: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000100: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000110: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000120: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000130: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000140: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000150: 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 29 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....))))........
00000160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 .............)))
00000170: 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ...)....))))))))
00000180: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000190: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
000001a0: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
000001b0: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
000001c0: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
000001d0: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
000001e0: 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 29 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....))))........
000001f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 .............)))
00000200: 00 00 00 29 00 00 00 00 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ...)....))))))))
00000210: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000220: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000230: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000240: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000250: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
00000260: 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 ))))))))))))))))
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Triggering the vulnerability could allow local authenticated attackers to defeat certain exploit mitigations (kernel ASLR) or read other secrets stored in the kernel address space.

This bug is subject to a 90 day disclosure deadline. After 90 days elapse or a patch has been made broadly available, the bug report will become visible to the public.
 
GetDriveLayoutEx.cpp
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Project Member Comment 1 by mjurczyk@google.com, Mar 1 2017
Labels: Reported-2017-Mar-1
Project Member Comment 2 by mjurczyk@google.com, Mar 1 2017
Labels: MSRC-37649
Project Member Comment 3 by mjurczyk@google.com, Mar 9 2017
Labels: Deadline-Exceeded Deadline-Grace
MSRC have requested the grace period extension aiming to fix on June 2017 Patch Tuesday.
Project Member Comment 4 by mjurczyk@google.com, May 20 2017
Cc: mjurczyk@google.com
Issue 1157 has been merged into this issue.
Project Member Comment 5 by mjurczyk@google.com, May 20 2017
Labels: CVE-2017-8469
Project Member Comment 6 by mjurczyk@google.com, Jun 13
Labels: Fixed-2017-Jun-13
Status: Fixed
Fixed in today's Patch Tuesday.
Project Member Comment 7 by mjurczyk@google.com, Jun 20
Labels: -restrict-view-commit
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