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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99433
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/6/668
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0083
EPSS Percentile
74.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-772
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
linux/linux_kernel
4.2 - 4.4.77
Published
Jul 04, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026