CVE-2015-3291 (GCVE-0-2015-3291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-31 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243489 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76003 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/810bc075… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/Chang… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2015-07-22 00:00
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