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SUSE: CVE-2015-7513: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-7513: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/06/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs

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