CVE-2015-5157

2015-07-2300:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

7.2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack 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

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

54.3%

JSON

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64
platform mishandles IRET faults in processing NMIs that occurred during
userspace execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges by
triggering an NMI.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/1478826>

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

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