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The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 10, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 16, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Feb 10, 2023

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2015-5307

GHSA ID

GHSA-hfhj-gfxm-5x7g

Source code

No known source code

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