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CVE-2015-5157

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Date: August 31, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (27)

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0715.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5157

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-5157

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0185.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0224.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5157

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0212.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00009.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5157

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76005

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5157

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-5157

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Date: August 31, 2015

Language: C

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Related Resources (27)

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CVSS v2

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