VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-5307

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-11-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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