CVE-2015-5307

NameCVE-2015-5307
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-479-1, DSA-3396-1, DSA-3414-1, DSA-3454-1
Debian Bugs823620

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.112-1fixed
trixie6.11.7-1fixed
sid6.11.9-1fixed
virtualbox (PTS)sid/contrib7.0.20-dfsg-1fixed
xen (PTS)bullseye4.14.6-1fixed
bullseye (security)4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1fixed
bookworm4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.68-1+deb7u6DSA-3396-1
linuxsourcejessie3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u6DSA-3396-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.2.6-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)(unfixed)
virtualboxsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
virtualboxsourcejessie4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1DSA-3454-1
virtualboxsource(unstable)5.0.10-dfsg-1
xensourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
xensourcewheezy4.1.6.1-1+deb7u1DLA-479-1
xensourcejessie4.4.1-9+deb8u3DSA-3414-1
xensource(unstable)4.8.0~rc3-1823620

Notes

[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <no-dsa> (KVM not supported in Squeeze LTS)
[squeeze] - xen <end-of-life> (Not supported in Squeeze LTS)
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html
[wheezy] - virtualbox <end-of-life> (DSA 3454)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html#AppendixOVIR

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