CVE-2017-2583

Upstream information

CVE-2017-2583 at MITRE

Description

The load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 improperly emulates a "MOV SS, NULL selector" instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	4.6	5.4
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local	Adjacent Network
Access Complexity	Low	Medium
Authentication	None	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	8.4
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1020602 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1030573 [RESOLVED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1, published Mon, 6 Feb 2017 21:07:31 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1, published Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:08:49 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1, published Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:07:58 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2017:0575-1, published Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:09:01 +0100 (CET)
• SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1, published Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:10:24 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2017:0456-1, published Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:09:59 +0100 (CET)
• openSUSE-SU-2017:0906-1, published Sat, 1 Apr 2017 15:07:45 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Openstack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7	kernel-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise Build System Kit 12 SP1	kernel-zfcpdump >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-SP1-2017-238
SUSE Linux Enterprise Build System Kit 12 SP2	kernel-zfcpdump >= 4.4.49-92.11.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-SP2-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	kernel-default >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-devel >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-macros >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-source >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-syms >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-xen >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-238
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default-extra >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-devel >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-macros >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-source >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-syms >= 4.4.49-92.11.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	kernel-default >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-default-extra >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-devel >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-macros >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-source >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-syms >= 4.4.73-5.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 GA kernel-default
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12 SP2	cluster-md-kmp-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 cluster-network-kmp-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 dlm-kmp-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 gfs2-kmp-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 ocfs2-kmp-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP2-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12 SP3	cluster-md-kmp-default >= 4.4.73-5.1 dlm-kmp-default >= 4.4.73-5.1 gfs2-kmp-default >= 4.4.73-5.1 ocfs2-kmp-default >= 4.4.73-5.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12 SP3 GA cluster-md-kmp-default
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12	kgraft-patch-3_12_69-60_64_29-default >= 1-4.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_69-60_64_29-xen >= 1-4.1 kgraft-patch-4_4_49-92_11-default >= 1-6.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_12 >= 1-4.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_5 >= 1-6.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2017-238 SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12	kernel-ec2 >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-ec2-extra >= 3.12.61-52.66.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2017-238 SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2017-247
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 SP1	kernel-compute >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-compute-base >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-compute-devel >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-compute_debug >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-compute_debug-devel >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-devel-rt >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-rt >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-rt-base >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-rt-devel >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-rt_debug >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-rt_debug-devel >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-source-rt >= 3.12.69-60.30.1 kernel-syms-rt >= 3.12.69-60.30.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-RT-12-SP1-2017-202
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 SP2	cluster-md-kmp-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 cluster-network-kmp-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 dlm-kmp-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 gfs2-kmp-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 kernel-devel-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 kernel-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 kernel-rt-base >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 kernel-rt-devel >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 kernel-rt_debug >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 kernel-rt_debug-devel >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 kernel-source-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 kernel-syms-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1 ocfs2-kmp-rt >= 4.4.74-7.10.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-RT-12-SP2-2017-1231
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	kernel-default >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-devel >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-macros >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-source >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-syms >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-xen >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-238
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default-base >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default-man >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-devel >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-macros >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-source >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-syms >= 4.4.49-92.11.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	kernel-default >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-default-base >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-default-man >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-devel >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-macros >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-source >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-syms >= 4.4.73-5.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 GA kernel-default
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS	kernel-default >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-default-man >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-devel >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-macros >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-source >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-syms >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-xen >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-default >= 1-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-xen >= 1-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_19 >= 1-2.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-247
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default-base >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-devel >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-macros >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-source >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-syms >= 4.4.49-92.11.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1	kernel-docs >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.3 kernel-obs-build >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-238
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	kernel-docs >= 4.4.49-92.11.3 kernel-obs-build >= 4.4.49-92.11.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	kernel-docs >= 4.4.73-5.1 kernel-obs-build >= 4.4.73-5.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 GA kernel-docs
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1	kernel-default >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1 kernel-default-extra >= 3.12.69-60.64.29.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-238
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.49-92.11.1 kernel-default-extra >= 4.4.49-92.11.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP2-2017-300
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3	kernel-default-extra >= 4.4.73-5.1	Patchnames: SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 GA kernel-default-extra
SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP 12	kernel-default >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-default-base >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-default-devel >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-devel >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-macros >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-source >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-syms >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-xen >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-xen-base >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 3.12.61-52.66.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-default >= 1-2.1 kgraft-patch-3_12_61-52_66-xen >= 1-2.1 kgraft-patch-SLE12_Update_19 >= 1-2.1	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-247
openSUSE Leap 42.1	kernel-debug >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-debug-base >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-debug-base-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-debug-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-debug-debugsource >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-debug-devel >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-default >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-default-base >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-default-base-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-default-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-default-debugsource >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-devel >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-docs >= 4.1.39-53.2 kernel-docs-html >= 4.1.39-53.2 kernel-docs-pdf >= 4.1.39-53.2 kernel-ec2 >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-ec2-base >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-ec2-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-ec2-debugsource >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-ec2-devel >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-macros >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-obs-build >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-obs-build-debugsource >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-obs-qa >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pae >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pae-base >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pae-base-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pae-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pae-debugsource >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pae-devel >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pv >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pv-base >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pv-base-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pv-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pv-debugsource >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-pv-devel >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-source >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-source-vanilla >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-syms >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-vanilla >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-vanilla-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-vanilla-debugsource >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-vanilla-devel >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-xen >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-xen-base >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-xen-base-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-xen-debuginfo >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-xen-debugsource >= 4.1.39-53.1 kernel-xen-devel >= 4.1.39-53.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-419
openSUSE Leap 42.2	kernel-debug >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-debug-base >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-debug-base-debuginfo >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-debug-debuginfo >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-debug-debugsource >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-debug-devel >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-default >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-default-base >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-default-base-debuginfo >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-default-debuginfo >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-default-debugsource >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-devel >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-docs >= 4.4.46-11.3 kernel-docs-html >= 4.4.46-11.3 kernel-docs-pdf >= 4.4.46-11.3 kernel-macros >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-obs-build >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-obs-build-debugsource >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-obs-qa >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-source >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-source-vanilla >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-syms >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-vanilla >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-vanilla-base >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-vanilla-debuginfo >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-vanilla-debugsource >= 4.4.46-11.1 kernel-vanilla-devel >= 4.4.46-11.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-245
openSUSE Leap 42.3	kernel-default >= 4.4.76-1.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.76-1.1 kernel-devel >= 4.4.76-1.1 kernel-docs >= 4.4.76-1.1 kernel-macros >= 4.4.76-1.1 kernel-source >= 4.4.76-1.1 kernel-syms >= 4.4.76-1.1	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 42.3 GA kernel-default

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	kernel-source	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 for Raspberry PI	kernel-source	Released