Linux x86_64 NMI Privilege Escalation Due to Nested NMIs Interrupting espfix64

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits / +++++ CVE-2015-3290 +++++ High impact NMI bug on x8664 systems 3.13 and newer, embargoed. Also fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a The other fix...

Linux Kernel - 'espfix64' Nested NMIs Interrupting Privilege Escalation

/ +++++ CVE-2015-3290 +++++ High impact NMI bug on x8664 systems 3.13 and newer, embargoed. Also fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a The other fix synchronous modifyldt does not fix CVE-2015-3290. You can...

USN-2700-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of nested NMIs non-maskable interrupts. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges. CVE-2015-3290 Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw that allo...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2689-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2689-1 advisory. Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of nested NMIs non-maskable interrupts. An unprivileged local user could exploit this fl...

CVE-2015-3290 Linux Kernel NMI Vulnerability | Cloud Foundry

CVE-2015-3290 Linux Kernel NMI Vulnerability High Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu – Kernel 3.19 Description A flaw was found in Linux kernel’s handling of nested non-maskable interrupts NMIs. This flaw could allow an unprivileged local user to escalate their privileges ...

USN-2688-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of nested NMIs non-maskable interrupts. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges. CVE-2015-3290 Colin King discovered a flaw in the addkey...

USN-2687-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of nested NMIs non-maskable interrupts. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service system crash or potentially escalate their privileges. CVE-2015-3290 Colin King discovered a flaw in the addkey...

Debian 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-2015-3290

arch/x86/entry/entry64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x8664 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...

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-2015-3291

arch/x86/entry/entry64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x8664 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 NM...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3291

arch/x86/entry/entry64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x8664 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 NM...

SUSE SLES11 Security Update : xen (SUSE-SU-2014:1732-1)

xen was updated to fix 10 security issues : - Guest effectable page reference leak in MMUMACHPHYSUPDATE handling CVE-2014-9030. - Insufficient bounding of 'REP MOVS' to MMIO emulated inside the hypervisor CVE-2014-8867. - Missing privilege level checks in x86 emulation of far branches...

CVE-2014-9065

common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066...

Code injection

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than...

Code injection

common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066...

CVE-2014-9066

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than...

CVE-2014-9065

common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066...

CVE-2014-9065

CVE-2014-9065 affects Xen 4.4.x and earlier. The issue lies in common/spinlock.c where read/write lock handling is incomplete, enabling local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) by issuing a large number of read requests. Connected do...

CVE-2014-9065

common/spinlock.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability to CVE-2014-9066...