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.
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99433
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-07-04
Updated: 2019-10-03
Type: CWE-772
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH