| Name | CVE-2015-3291 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3313-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.304-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.209-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.205-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.76-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.85-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.6.15-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.7.9-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u2 | DSA-3313-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.0.8-2 | |||
| linux-2.6 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Present since 3.3)
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Present since 3.3)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a27507ca2d796cfa8d907de31ad730359c8a6d06 (prerequisite)
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d
Introduced around 3.3-rc1: (https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3f3c8b8c4b2a34776c3470142a7c8baafcda6eb0)