CVE-2015-5157
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 31, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 1, 2015
Description
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform mishandles IRET faults in processing NMIs that occurred during userspace execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2016:0212vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:2350vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- SUSE-SU-2015:1727vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0715vendor-advisory
- USN-2689-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- USN-2690-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a
- 76005vdb-entry
- USN-2691-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:0354vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:2339vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:2108vendor-advisory
- USN-2688-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:0185vendor-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
- RHSA-2016:0224vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a
- USN-2687-1vendor-advisory
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