CVE-2015-7513

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <4.4 - DoS

Title source: llm

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 (19)

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-369
Status draft

Affected Products (16)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.4
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux
fedoraproject/fedora
fedoraproject/fedora
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
canonical/ubuntu_linux
... and 1 more

Timeline

Published Feb 08, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026