CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-2596.md

### [CVE-2017-2596](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2596)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/thdusdl1219/CVE-Study