CVE-2017-2596

Upstream information

CVE-2017-2596 at MITRE

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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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	4.9	3.8
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C	AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector	Local	Local
Access Complexity	Low	High
Authentication	None	Single
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	Complete	Complete

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.5
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1022785 [RESOLVED], 1027179 [RESOLVED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2017:1183-1, published Fri, 5 May 2017 15:11:30 +0200 (CEST)
• SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1, published Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:10:24 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2017:0906-1, published Sat, 1 Apr 2017 15:07:45 +0200 (CEST)
• openSUSE-SU-2017:0907-1, published Sat, 1 Apr 2017 15:11:17 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Openstack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7	kernel-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-697
SUSE Linux Enterprise Build System Kit 12 SP2	kernel-zfcpdump >= 4.4.59-92.17.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-BSK-12-SP2-2017-697
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-extra >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-devel >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-macros >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-source >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-syms >= 4.4.59-92.17.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-697
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 >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 cluster-network-kmp-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 dlm-kmp-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 gfs2-kmp-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 ocfs2-kmp-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP2-2017-697
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-4_4_59-92_17-default >= 1-2.3 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_7 >= 1-2.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2017-697
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 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-base >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-man >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-devel >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-macros >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-source >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-syms >= 4.4.59-92.17.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-697
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 for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-base >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-devel >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-macros >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-source >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-syms >= 4.4.59-92.17.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-697
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-base >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-man >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-devel >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-macros >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-source >= 4.4.59-92.17.2 kernel-syms >= 4.4.59-92.17.2	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-697
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	kernel-docs >= 4.4.59-92.17.8 kernel-obs-build >= 4.4.59-92.17.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-697
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 SP2	kernel-default >= 4.4.59-92.17.3 kernel-default-extra >= 4.4.59-92.17.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP2-2017-697
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
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 >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-debug-base >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-debug-base-debuginfo >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-debug-debuginfo >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-debug-debugsource >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-debug-devel >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-default >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-default-base >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-default-base-debuginfo >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-default-debuginfo >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-default-debugsource >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-default-devel >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-devel >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-docs >= 4.4.57-18.3.2 kernel-docs-html >= 4.4.57-18.3.2 kernel-docs-pdf >= 4.4.57-18.3.2 kernel-macros >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-obs-build >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-obs-build-debugsource >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-obs-qa >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-source >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-source-vanilla >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-syms >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-vanilla >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-vanilla-base >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-vanilla-debuginfo >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-vanilla-debugsource >= 4.4.57-18.3.1 kernel-vanilla-devel >= 4.4.57-18.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-418
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	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	kernel-source	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	kernel-source	Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	kernel-source	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 for Raspberry PI	kernel-source	Released