Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELDEVEL-2058953
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 10 Nov 2015
Introduced: 10 Nov 2015
CVE-2015-5307 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-devel to version 0:3.10.0-327.3.1.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-devel package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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 #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77528
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277172
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed
- https://kb.juniper.net/JSA10783
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX202583
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-156.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5307
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3414
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3454
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172187.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172300.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172435.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/10/6
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2645.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0046.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2552
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034105
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00053.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2800-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2801-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2802-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2803-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2804-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2805-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2806-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2807-1
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