UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8104

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CVE-2015-8104
Published: 16 Nov 2015, 00:00
Last modified:03 Jun 2026, 13:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
10 CRITICAL
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Nov 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Jun 2026, 13:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-73.116

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    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

    < 3.16.0-56.75~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-41.46~14.04.2

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-wily

    < 4.2.0-21.25~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-nvidia

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all | all

  • ubuntu•virtualbox

    < 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 | all | all | all | all | all

  • ubuntu•xen

    < 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 | < 4.5.1-0ubuntu2 | all | all | all | all | all | all

References (11)