Security Advisory

CVE-2015-5307

4.9

Vulnerability 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 #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c.
Published Date November 16, 2015
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory