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CVE-2015-4692
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…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 38 days later
· 38 days 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 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 60% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- [oss-security] 20150620 Re: CVE request -- Linux kernel - kvm: x86: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_apic_has_events function (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2680-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2682-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1324 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-10678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2684-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2681-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2683-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 75142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1032798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-10677 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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-2015-4711 (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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