CVE-2015-7513
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-08 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-369Divide By ZeroBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4a011bc5102d5099949a903ffba9bb024a03a7d6b3b12faf3fc70f847fed807e
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160107 CVE-2015-7513 Kernel: kvm: divide by zero issue leads to DoShttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-26e19f042ahttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175792.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2887-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-2
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2886-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2887-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2887-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2889-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b59fd603behttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176194.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2889-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2889-2
- www.securityfocus.com79901http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79901
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5d43766e33http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176484.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-2
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284847
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2890-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3434http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434
- www.securitytracker.com1034602http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034602
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2888-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2888-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.3.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.3.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.3.3-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-77.121
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1
- linux-lts-wily Fixed in 4.2.0-27.32~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-gkeop No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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