CVE-2017-2583
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 6, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2016
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414735
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/33ab91103b3415e12457e3104f0e4517ce12d0f3
- RHSA-2017:1615vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20170119 CVE-2017-2583 Kernel: Kvm: vmx/svm potential privilege escalation inside guestmailing-list
- USN-3754-1vendor-advisory
- 95673vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:1616vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=33ab91103b3415e12457e3104f0e4517ce12d0f3
- DSA-3791vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5
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