CVE-2015-7513

NameCVE-2015-7513
Descriptionarch/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3434-1

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)6.1.119-1fixed
trixie6.11.9-1fixed
sid6.11.10-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.73-2+deb7u2DSA-3434-1
linuxsourcejessie3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2DSA-3434-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.3.3-3
linux-2.6source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <no-dsa> (KVM not supported in Squeeze LTS)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8 (v4.4-rc7)

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