CVE-2017-2596
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2596
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2596.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2596
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-06T06:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The nestedvmxcheck_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