PT-2015-7559
CVE-2015-7513
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Published
2015-12-31
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Updated
2021-12-10
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4
Description
The issue allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a divide-by-zero error and host OS crash, by setting a zero value. This is related to the
kvm vm ioctl set pit and kvm vm ioctl set pit2 functions.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4, update to version 4.4 or later to resolve the issue.
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