UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5307

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5307

    Published: 10 Nov 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5307
    Aliases:
    USN-2800-1
    USN-2801-1
    USN-2802-1

    Summary:

    Details: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5307, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2806-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2805-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2802-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2801-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2804-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2800-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2803-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2807-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5307

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-68.111

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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