CVE-2015-8104 — Infinite Loop in Kernel

CWE-399CWE-835 — Infinite Loop34 documents9 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
NVD5.5OSV4.9
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
XENLinux KernelOracle VM Virtualbox+3 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 16
Latest updateJan 5

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages8 packages

▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 4.2.6-2+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 3.13.0-73.116
▶NVDxen/xen4.5.0 — 4.14.0+18
▶Alpinexen/xen< 4.15.5-r3+8

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.04

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2023-34328: [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE↗2024-01-05
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OSV
CVE-2023-34327: [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE↗2024-01-05
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OSV
CVE-2023-34328: [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE↗2024-01-05
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GHSA
GHSA-7fx2-c8rv-2w4f: [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE↗2024-01-05
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CVEList
x86/AMD: Debug Mask handling↗2024-01-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2023-34328: xen - [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which a...↗2023
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Debian
CVE-2023-34327: xen - [This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which a...↗2023
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities↗2015-12-17
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities↗2015-12-17
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities↗2015-12-17
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8104 kernel: kvm: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception [fedora-all]↗2015-11-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8104 xen: kernel: kvm: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception [fedora-all]↗2015-11-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8104 virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception↗2015-11-05
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