CVE-2015-5307
N/A
Published: November 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxUbuntu Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 4.2.3
4.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.0.344.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.1.424.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.2.344.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.3.295.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.0.8
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html
References (38)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faedVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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