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CVE-2015-7513 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-369Divide By Zero[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
< 4.4
4.4 -
4.4 rc1
4.4 rc2
4.4 rc3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.4:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
22
23

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
15.04
15.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7513
NVD Published Date:
Feb 8, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-7513 Details - Not Deferred