VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-7513

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-02-08
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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 host OS crash) via a zero value, related to the kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit and kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit2 functions.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-369: Divide By Zero

Primary references