SB2017012018 - Fedora 25 update for kernel
Published: January 20, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017012018
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2583)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to improper emulation of "MOV SS, NULL selector" instruction by the load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel. A quest OS user can use a specially crafted and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.