CVE-2015-0239

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.4/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 2, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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