VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-3291
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,…
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-17
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76003
- 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243489
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76003
- 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243489
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.