EDB-37722

PoC

Linux Kernel - 'espfix64' Nested NMIs Interrupting Privilege Escalation

view exploit source exploit_dbtype localauthor Andrew Lutomirskipublished 2015-08-05catalog exploit_db
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Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2015-3290UShigh7.2Exploit
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 privi…
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