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(CVE-2015-5157)\n","status":"published","published":"2015-07-28T09:17:57Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:55Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:09.227524Z"},{"id":"USN-2700-1","title":"linux vulnerabilities","description":"Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of nested\nNMIs (non-maskable interrupts). An unprivileged local user could exploit\nthis flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially\nescalate their privileges. (CVE-2015-3290)\n\nAndy Lutomirski discovered a flaw that allows user to cause the Linux\nkernel to ignore some NMIs (non-maskable interrupts). A local unprivileged\nuser could exploit this flaw to potentially cause the system to miss\nimportant NMIs resulting in unspecified effects. (CVE-2015-3291)\n\nAndy Lutomirski and Petr Matousek discovered that an NMI (non-maskable\ninterrupt) that interrupts userspace and encounters an IRET fault is\nincorrectly handled by the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could\nexploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (kernel OOPs), corruption,\nor potentially escalate privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-5157)\n","status":"published","published":"2015-07-31T02:10:47Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:14:31.822431Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:09.227524Z"}]}}