FKIE_CVE-2017-2596

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-06 06:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:16
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95878Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417812Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95878Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417812Issue Tracking, Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
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