VYPR
Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-2596

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.

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