2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
jdstrand | android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support |
tyhicks | Per oss-security, likely affects 3.3 and newer |
kamal | Per Debian, likely introduced by 3f3c8b8c4b2a34776c3470142a7c8baafcda6eb0 (v3.3-rc1) |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux | < 3.13.0-59.98 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 15.04 | noarch | linux | < 3.19.0-25.26 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 12.04 | noarch | linux-lts-trusty | < 3.13.0-59.98~precise1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux-lts-utopic | < 3.16.0-45.60~14.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux-lts-vivid | < 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a27507ca2d796cfa8d907de31ad730359c8a6d06 (prerequisite)
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-3291
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3291
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3291
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3291
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2687-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2688-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2689-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2690-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2691-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2700-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2701-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3291