UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4692

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4692

    Published: 22 Jun 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-4692
    Aliases:
    USN-2680-1
    USN-2681-1
    USN-2682-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4692, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/10/6, https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/6/4/163, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2680-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2681-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2682-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2683-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2684-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4692, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2685-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-58.97

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High