CVE Database · CVE-2015-5157
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.62%
Published
Aug 31, 2015
Modified
May 6, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (10)
References (20)