CVE-2015-3290
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform improperly relies on espfix64 during nested NMI…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 34% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64 platform improperly relies on espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI within a certain instruction window.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel - 'espfix64' Nested NMIs Interrupting Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 37722local, linux_x86-64published 5 Aug 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 37722 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243465 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150804 CVE-2015-3290: Linux privilege escalation due to nested NMIs interrupting espfix64 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 76004 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 37722 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- USN-2689-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2690-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2691-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2688-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3313 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150722 Linux x86_64 NMI security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2687-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-3337 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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