CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-3291

2.1 LOW Published 2015-08-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-08-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-17

Description

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform does not properly determine when nested NMI processing is occurring, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (skipped NMI) by modifying the rsp register, issuing a syscall instruction, and triggering an NMI.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.1.5)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References