NVD
- Id
- 81396
- Name
- CVE-2017-2596
- Description
- 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.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 4.9
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 4.9
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 6.9
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.9
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
- Pub Date
- 2017-02-15
- Published
- 2017-02-06
- Modified Date
- 2017-02-07
- Seq
- 2017-2596