# CVE-2017-10810: 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 at

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-04 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99433
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/6/668
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a

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