CVE-2015-2672 (Medium) detected in linuxv3.10

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CVE-2015-2672 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - linuxv3.10

Linux kernel source tree

Library home page: https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git

Found in HEAD commit: adc86a86e0ac98007fd3af905bc71e9f29c1502c

Found in base branch: xsentinel-1.7-experimental

Vulnerable Source Files (3)

android_kernel_samsung_j7elte/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
android_kernel_samsung_j7elte/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
android_kernel_samsung_j7elte/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h

Vulnerability Details

The xsave/xrstor implementation in arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h in the Linux kernel before 3.19.2 creates certain .altinstr_replacement pointers and consequently does not provide any protection against instruction faulting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by triggering a fault, as demonstrated by an unaligned memory operand or a non-canonical address memory operand.

Publish Date: 2016-05-02

URL: CVE-2015-2672

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2672

Release Date: 2016-05-02

Fix Resolution: 3.19.2

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