CVE-2015-3290

2015-07-2300:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

51.0%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1477026>

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support
tyhicks	Per oss-security, affects 3.13 and newer
kamal	precise_linux 3.2-based kernels set to “not-affected (code not present)” per oss-security post

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux< 3.13.0-59.98UNKNOWN
ubuntu15.04noarchlinux< 3.19.0-25.26UNKNOWN
ubuntu12.04noarchlinux-lts-trusty< 3.13.0-59.98~precise1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-utopic< 3.16.0-45.60~14.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchlinux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux	< 3.13.0-59.98	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	15.04	noarch	linux	< 3.19.0-25.26	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	12.04	noarch	linux-lts-trusty	< 3.13.0-59.98~precise1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-utopic	< 3.16.0-45.60~14.04.1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	linux-lts-vivid	< 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1	UNKNOWN