UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7513
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 4
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 31 Dec 2015, 00:00
Last modified:12 May 2026, 13:26
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100 CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
31 Dec 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
12 May 2026, 13:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.13.0-77.121
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gkeop
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic
< 3.16.0-60.80~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid
< 3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-wily
< 4.2.0-27.32~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all | all
References (13)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7513
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/0185604c2d82c560dab2f2933a18f797e74ab5a8
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2886-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2886-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2889-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2889-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2887-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2887-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2888-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2890-3
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7513