CVE-2017-10810

7.5 HIGH

Published: July 04, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_object_create function in drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering object-initialization failures.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99433

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/6/668

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a