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CVE-2017-2596

CVE-2017-2596 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.05% · 15.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.05%
15.7th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1, 4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1, 4.8.0-51.54~16.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime0, 5.15.0-1073.75
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws4.4.0-1017.26, 4.4.0-1016.25, 4.4.0-1011.20
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke4.4.0-1003.3, 0, 4.4.0-1005.6
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1087.94, 5.4.0-1061.64, 5.4.0-1062.65
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1064.67+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1065.68+cvm2.1, 5.4.0-1067.70+cvm1.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial*, 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1, 4.4.0-14.30~14.04.2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime6.8.0-2019.20, 0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime5.15.0-1032.35, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi24.4.0-1042.49, 4.4.0-1038.45, 4.4.0-1034.41
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi25.3.0-1014.16, 5.3.0-1015.17, 5.3.0-1017.19
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv0, 5.13.0-1004.4, 5.13.0-1006.6+22.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux4.3.0-5.16, 4.4.0-11.26, 4.4.0-12.28
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-34.38, 5.4.0-40.45, 5.4.0-37.42
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1055.59, 0, 4.4.0-1048.52

Timeline

  • Feb 6, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score

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