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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-6386

Memory leak in the vrend_create_vertex_elements_state function in vrend_renderer.c in virglrenderer allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRGL_OBJECT_VERTEX_ELEMENTS commands.

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CVE-2017-6386
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1 Nov 2026, 06:49 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-6386

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Mar 2017, 14:59 UTC

Memory leak in the vrend_create_vertex_elements_state function in vrend_renderer.c in virglrenderer allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRGL_OBJECT_VERTEX_ELEMENTS commands.

osv:CVE-2017-6386
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Memory leak in the vrend_create_vertex_elements_state function in vrend_renderer.c in virglrenderer allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRGL_OBJECT_VERTEX_ELEMENTS commands.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6386",
    "products": [],
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      "affected": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:44.920943464Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427472",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435996,
  "published_at": "2017-03-15T14:59:00.887+00:00"
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