CVE-2015-4692 | Mend Vulnerability Database

Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2015-4692

CVE-2015-4692

Published:July 27, 2015

Updated:May 17, 2026

The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call.

Related Resources (19)

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4692

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161144.html

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75142

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4692

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032798

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160829.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-4692

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1

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CVSS v3

Base Score:

6.2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:

4.9

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

EPSS

Base Score:

0.04