CVE-2017-2596 in Linuxinfo

Zusammenfassung

von MITRE

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.

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Reservieren

01.12.2016

Veröffentlichung

06.02.2017

Moderieren

akzeptiert

Eintrag

VDB-96557

CPE

bereit

EPSS

0.00401

KEV

nein

Aktivitäten

very low

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