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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (15)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243465 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150804 CVE-2015-3290: Linux privilege escalation due to nested NMIs interrupting espfix64 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 76004 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 37722 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• USN-2689-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2690-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2691-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2688-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-3313 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150722 Linux x86_64 NMI security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2687-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2015-3290](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2015-3290.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-3290)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 05:39 UTC.