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SCP7-206 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2015-3291

Created: Sep 14, 2015    Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Sep 28, 2015
Found In Version: 7.0.0.9
Fix Version: 7.0.0.10
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
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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