CVE-2015-3290

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CVSS v3
N/A
CVSS v2
7.2
HIGH
Affected
1
PROJECT

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.

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