CVE-2017-2596
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 6, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2016
Description
The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417812
- [oss-security] 20170131 CVE-2017-2596 Kernel: kvm: page reference leakage in handle_vmonmailing-list
- 95878vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisory
- DSA-3791vendor-advisory
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