CVE-2015-8104 (GCVE-0-2015-8104)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-23 15:40
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html vendor-advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-2 vendor-advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisory
https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278496
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454 vendor-advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-adviso…
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html vendor-advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2840-1 vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77524 vdb-entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbdb967a…
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… vendor-advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/5 mailing-list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-1 vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2844-1 vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… vendor-advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-2 vendor-advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-2 vendor-advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2842-1 vendor-advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414 vendor-advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105 vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787 vdb-entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2841-1 vendor-advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3426 vendor-advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva…
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/10/4 mailing-list
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          "name": "openSUSE-SU-2016:1008",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20231010 Xen Security Advisory 444 v3 (CVE-2023-34327,CVE-2023-34328) - x86/AMD: Debug Mask handling",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/10/4"
        }
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    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2015-8104",
    "datePublished": "2015-11-16T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2015-11-09T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-04-23T15:40:54.273Z",
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}


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Sightings

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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