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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% · 15.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.05%
15.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1, 4.8.0-51.54~16.04.1, 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime5.15.0-1073.75, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws4.4.0-1012.21, 4.4.0-1017.26, 4.4.0-1016.25
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke4.4.0-1012.12, 0, 4.4.0-1003.3
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1053.56, 5.4.0-1052.55, 5.4.0-1051.54
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1063.66+cvm2.2, 5.4.0-1103.109+cvm1.1, 5.4.0-1100.106+cvm1.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-21.37~14.04.1, 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1, 4.4.0-15.31~14.04.1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime6.8.0-2019.20, 0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi24.4.0-1055.62, 4.4.0-1054.61, 4.4.0-1052.59
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi25.3.0-1007.8, 5.3.0-1014.16, 5.3.0-1015.17
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1006.6, 5.15.0-1005.5, 5.15.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux4.3.0-5.16, 4.2.0-17.21, 4.2.0-16.19
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-28.32, 0, 5.4.0-24.28
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1012.12, 4.4.0-1058.62, 4.4.0-1057.61

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