CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-3290
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-08-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform improperly relies on espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI within a certain instruction window.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.12.47)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.14.54)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.15 < 3.16.35)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.22)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.6)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/8 Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76004 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243465 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37722/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/8 Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76004 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243465 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37722/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry