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CVE-2015-7513
Published: Feb 8, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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References
[oss-security] 20160107 CVE-2015-7513 Kernel: kvm: divide by zero issue leads to DoS
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FEDORA-2016-26e19f042a
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79901
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847
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