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CVE-2015-7513 Detail

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-369 Divide By Zero cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7513
NVD Published Date:
02/07/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.