CVE-2015-5157
Published
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 mishandles IRET faults in processing NMIs that occurred during userspace execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI.