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CVE-2015-8104 Detail

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 #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cbdb967af3d54993f5814f1cee0ed311a055377d CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/5 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/10/4 CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77524 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2840-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-2 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-2 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-2 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2844-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278496 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbdb967af3d54993f5814f1cee0ed311a055377d CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8104
NVD Published Date:
11/16/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/23/2025
Source:
MITRE