CVE-2015-5307

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedNov 16, 2015
First seenNov 16, 2015

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.2.3—
xen xen4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 4.6.6—
oracle vm_virtualbox4.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.34, 4.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.1.42, 4.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.2.34, 4.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.3.29, 5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.0.8—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.10—

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