CVE-2017-2596
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2017-01-24 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linuxkernel 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.
See more information about CVE-2017-2596 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Vector String: | AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek) | ELSA-2017-3533 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3533 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek) | ELSA-2017-3533 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2017-1842 | 2017-08-07 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2017-1842-1 | 2017-08-15 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3533 | 2017-03-31 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0056 | 2017-03-31 |
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