CVE-2015-3291

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3291
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-31 10:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionarch/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-17 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2689-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3313-1 linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Linux Kernel 'x86/entry/entry_64.S' Local Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
USN-2690-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2687-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
x86/nmi/64: Use DF to avoid userspace RSP confusing nested NMI detection · torvalds/linux@810bc07 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - Linux x86_64 NMI security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug 1243489 – CVE-2015-3291 kernel: x86/nmi: malicious userspace programs can cause the kernel to skip NMIs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
USN-2688-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2691-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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