CVE-2015-3291

2015-07-2300:00:00

ubuntu.com

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1478819>

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, likely affects 3.3 and newer
kamal	Per Debian, likely introduced by 3f3c8b8c4b2a34776c3470142a7c8baafcda6eb0 (v3.3-rc1)

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