Back
CVE-2015-4692
The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.45%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- [oss-security] 20150620 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel - kvm: x86: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_apic_has_events function (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2680-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2682-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1324 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-10678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2684-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2681-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2683-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 75142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1032798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-10677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-4692)Record last updated .