UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2596

Details

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.

Affected Packages(144 packages)

linux

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Fixed in:

5.13.0-19.19

linux

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Fixed in:

3.11.0-12.19

linux

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Fixed in:

6.5.0-9.9

linux

Ubuntu 24.10

Fixed in:

6.8.0-31.31

linux

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Affected versions:

4.2.0-16.194.2.0-17.214.2.0-19.234.3.0-1.104.3.0-2.114.3.0-5.164.3.0-6.174.3.0-7.184.4.0-10.254.4.0-11.26+42 more

Fixed in:

4.4.0-79.100

linux

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.13.0-16.19

linux

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Affected versions:

5.3.0-18.195.3.0-24.26

Fixed in:

5.4.0-9.12

linux-aws

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Fixed in:

5.13.0-1005.6

linux-aws

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.4.0-1002.2

linux-aws

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Affected versions:

4.4.0-1001.104.4.0-1003.124.4.0-1004.134.4.0-1007.164.4.0-1009.184.4.0-1011.204.4.0-1012.214.4.0-1013.224.4.0-1016.254.4.0-1017.26

Fixed in:

4.4.0-1018.27

References

REPORThttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417812 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2596 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3293-1 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3312-1 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3312-2 REPORThttps://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1 REPORThttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2596 REPORThttps://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg144319.html

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2596

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Affected Packages(144 packages)

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