Expected Behavior Violation Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-1332906
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 22 Jul 2015
Introduced: 22 Jul 2015
CVE-2015-3291 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76003
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243489
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3291
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3313
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/22/7
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1