Security Advisory

CVE-2015-3290

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2015-08-31 10:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 05:39:32
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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 an NMI within a certain instruction window.