CVE-2015-3290
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 31, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 10, 2015
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243465
- [oss-security] 20150804 CVE-2015-3290: Linux privilege escalation due to nested NMIs interrupting espfix64mailing-list
- 76004vdb-entry
- 37722exploit
- USN-2689-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2690-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a
- USN-2691-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2688-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1382vendor-advisory
- DSA-3313vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6
- [oss-security] 20150722 Linux x86_64 NMI security issuesmailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a
- USN-2687-1vendor-advisory
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