CVE-2017-2596 (GCVE-0-2017-2596)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-06 06:04 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:02
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Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1077 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417812 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95878 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2017-01-31 00:00
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