CVE-2015-5157

arch/x86/entry/entry64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x8664 platform mishandles IRET faults in processing NMIs that occurred during userspace execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI...

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3313-1 (linux - security update)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service. CVE-2015-3290 Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle nested NMIs. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw for privilege...

CVE-2011-2693

The perf subsystem in the kernel package 2.6.32-122.el6.x8664 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly handle NMIs, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service excessive log messages via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2011-2693: Undefined Security Weakness

The perf subsystem in the kernel package 2.6.32-122.el6.x8664 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 6 does not properly handle NMIs, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service excessive log messages via unspecified vectors...