CVE-2017-10810

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.83% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927 vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99433 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/6/668 mailing list patch third party advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a patch third party advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a mailing list patch third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-10810?
CVE-2017-10810 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-10810?
To fix CVE-2017-10810, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-10810 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-10810 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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