CVE-2015-7513

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    CVE-2015-7513

    Published: 8 Feb 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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