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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Aug 7, 2017 | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 6, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade cluster-network-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-default | Aug 2, 2017 | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-89-genericUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-89-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.10.0-30-genericUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1028-awsUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-89-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.10.0-1013-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.10.0-30-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-89-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1067-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1024-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-89-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1069-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-89-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.10.0-30-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-89-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-raspi2 | Aug 4, 2017 | Jul 4, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 4, 2017 |
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