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CVE-2017-2596

CVSS v3.0 6.5 (Medium)
65% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.06 % (28th)
0.06% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 13
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-772
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2017-02-06 06:59:00
(7 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-12 23:29:04
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 4.9.8 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 4.9.8