CVEs-PoC/2015/CVE-2015-7513.md

CVE-2015-7513

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2886-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2890-3

Github

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