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CVE-2015-0239 Detail

Description

The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/502245 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72842 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186448 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3747379accba8e95d70cec0eae0582c8c182050 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-0239
NVD Published Date:
03/02/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.