cve/2015/CVE-2015-5307.md

### [CVE-2015-5307](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5307)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277172

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.