CVE-2017-10810 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption by triggering object-initialization failures in the Linux kernel's virtio GPU driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-10810?
CVE-2017-10810 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10810?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (2)
drm SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | All versions | 4.9.33-4.11.1 |
drm SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 | All versions | 4.9.33-4.11.1 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2017-10810?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-10810 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10810 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10810, GHSA-pr5m-9548-wxhv, MGASA-2017-0234, MGASA-2017-0242, MGASA-2017-0258, MGASA-2017-0259 and 4 more.