CVE-2015-7513
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7513
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-7513.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-7513
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-02-08T03:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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 kvmvmioctlsetpit and kvmvmioctlsetpit2 functions.
- References
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- 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