CVE-2015-3291 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2015-3291?

CVE-2015-3291 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 31 Aug 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-17

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3291?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3291?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-3291 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3291 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3291, GHSA-3x5w-2m22-6q47, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3291.