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Medium
CVE-2015-4692
The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through...
Vulnerability Description
The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161144.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75142
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032798
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160829.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
July 27th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.