ghsa-v8jv-m5jm-jgfg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 01:05
Modified
2025-04-12 12:51
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-3290"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-08-31T10:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-v8jv-m5jm-jgfg",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:51:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T01:05:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3290"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243465"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37722"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76004"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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