VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-4692
The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm…
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.45%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160829.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161144.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75142
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032798
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160829.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161144.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75142
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032798
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.