Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-10810
Published: July 4, 2017 / Updated: January 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90492
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10810
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the virtio_gpu_object_create() function in drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10810
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99433
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927