SB2017012901 - Arch Linux update for linux-zen
Published: January 29, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017012901
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 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2583)
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.