CVE-2017-2596

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2596
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2596.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-2596
Downstream
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Published
2017-02-06T06:59:00.450Z
Modified
2026-03-15T14:27:12.237251Z
Severity
  • 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

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

Affected packages

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Affected ranges

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-2596.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.9.8"
            }
        ]
    }
]