CVE - CVE-2015-7513

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-7513	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 does not reset the PIT counter values during state restoration, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and host OS crash) via a zero value, related to the kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit and kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit2 functions.
References
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MISC:1034602 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 MISC:79901 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 MISC:DSA-3434 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 MISC:FEDORA-2016-26e19f042a URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html MISC:FEDORA-2016-5d43766e33 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html MISC:FEDORA-2016-b59fd603be URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html MISC:USN-2886-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 MISC:USN-2887-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 MISC:USN-2887-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 MISC:USN-2888-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 MISC:USN-2889-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 MISC:USN-2889-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 MISC:USN-2890-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 MISC:USN-2890-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 MISC:USN-2890-3 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 MISC:[oss-security] 20160107 CVE-2015-7513 Kernel: kvm: divide by zero issue leads to DoS URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20150929	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20150929)
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