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CVE-2017-2596

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CVSS 3.0
6.5 medium
EPSS
<1%p34
Published
()
Modified
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.

Vendors
linux
Products
linux kernel
Weakness
CWE-772
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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