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The vulnerability of the Linux operating system, which allows a hacker to trigger a service failure
The vulnerability of the nestedvmxcheckvmptr function in the Linux operating system is related to resource management errors. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, operating locally, to cause a service failure memory consumption...
CVE-2017-2596
The nestedvmxcheckvmptr 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...
CVE-2017-2596
The nestedvmxcheckvmptr 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...