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SCP6-605 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2015-3291

Created: Sep 14, 2015    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Oct 9, 2015
Found In Version: 6.0.0.24
Fix Version: 6.0.0.26
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

arch/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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-3291

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