5.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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 #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c.
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cbdb967af3d54993f5814f1cee0ed311a055377d
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lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.html
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lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html
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lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
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lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html
support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583
support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/5
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/10/4
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/77524
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2840-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-2
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2844-1
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278496
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbdb967af3d54993f5814f1cee0ed311a055377d
kb.juniper.net/JSA10783