CVE-2015-5307

virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #AC exception

Published Nov 16, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-479-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3396-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3414-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3454-1 virtualbox security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5279 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2800-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2801-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2802-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2803-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2804-1 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2805-1 Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2806-1 Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2807-1 Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerability
References
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77528 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2800-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2801-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2802-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2803-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2804-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2805-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2806-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2807-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277172 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed cve-icon cve-icon
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5307 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5307 cve-icon
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