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Tracker / CVE-2015-5157

CVE-2015-5157

High 7.2

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.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel · … → 3.12.47
linux linux_kernel · 3.13 → 3.14.54
linux linux_kernel · 3.15 → 3.16.35
linux linux_kernel · 3.17 → 3.18.22
linux linux_kernel · 3.19 → 4.1.6
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation

Analysis

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