Description
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.
Published: 2016-05-02
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2764 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.
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.025Z

Reserved: 2015-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2672

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-02T10:59:10.310

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2672

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2672 - Bugzilla

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