CVE-2015-3291

NameCVE-2015-3291
Descriptionarch/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3313-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.16.84-1fixed
stretch (security)4.9.320-2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch4.9.320-3fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)4.19.316-1fixed
bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.119-1fixed
trixie6.12.5-1fixed
sid6.12.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy(not affected)
linuxsourcejessie3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u2DSA-3313-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.0.8-2
linux-2.6source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Present since 3.3)
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Present since 3.3)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a27507ca2d796cfa8d907de31ad730359c8a6d06 (prerequisite)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
Introduced around 3.3-rc1: (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3f3c8b8c4b2a34776c3470142a7c8baafcda6eb0)

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