CVE-2015-3290
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.1%
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.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 65th percentile
- Published
- 2015-08-31
- Updated
- 2024-08-06
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d5635…
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76004
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1
- torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243465