CVE-2015-4692
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
02 Description
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
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
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.9% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2015-07-27 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-06-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 66bbe6574e270e80f305f4e4d6ab835df158605e295b5bf1f18d860b2b0fc238
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150620 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel - kvm: x86: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_apic_has_events functionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2680-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2682-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1324http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3329http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-10678http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161144.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1382http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2684-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2681-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2683-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1
- www.securityfocus.com75142http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75142
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
- www.securitytracker.com1032798http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032798
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-10677http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160829.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-58.97
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-44.59~14.04.1
- linux-lts-vivid Fixed in 3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1
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.