CVE-2015-3290
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform improperly relies on espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering
02 Description
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform improperly relies on espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 65.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-08-31 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-04-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 82fbf512ba80949690959fc1796698584462c8f0b160963bcbea90323a49c0f7
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243465
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150804 CVE-2015-3290: Linux privilege escalation due to nested NMIs interrupting espfix64http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/04/8
- www.securityfocus.com76004http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76004
- www.exploit-db.com37722https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37722/
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2689-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2690-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2691-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2688-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3313http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150722 Linux x86_64 NMI security issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2687-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.0.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.0.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.0.8-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-59.98
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-45.60~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-25.26~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.