CVE-2015-2666
CVE-2015-2666
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Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_matching_model_microcode function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel_early.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by constructing a crafted microcode header and leveraging root privileges for write access to the initrd.
EPSS 0.4% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
linux Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.16.7-ckt9-1
Update to 3.16.7-ckt9-1
linux Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.16.7-ckt9-1
Update to 3.16.7-ckt9-1
linux Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.16.7-ckt9-1
Update to 3.16.7-ckt9-1
linux Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 3.11.0-12.19
- 3.12.0-1.3
- 3.12.0-2.5
- 3.12.0-2.7
- 3.12.0-3.8
- 3.12.0-3.9
- 3.12.0-4.10
- 3.12.0-4.12
- 3.12.0-5.13
- 3.12.0-7.15
- 3.13.0-1.16
- 3.13.0-2.17
- 3.13.0-3.18
- 3.13.0-4.19
- 3.13.0-5.20
- 3.13.0-6.23
- 3.13.0-7.25
- 3.13.0-7.26
- 3.13.0-8.27
- 3.13.0-8.28
- 3.13.0-10.30
- 3.13.0-11.31
- 3.13.0-12.32
- 3.13.0-13.33
- 3.13.0-14.34
- 3.13.0-15.35
- 3.13.0-16.36
- 3.13.0-17.37
- 3.13.0-18.38
- 3.13.0-19.39
- 3.13.0-19.40
- 3.13.0-20.42
- 3.13.0-21.43
- 3.13.0-22.44
- 3.13.0-23.45
- 3.13.0-24.46
- 3.13.0-24.47
- 3.13.0-27.50
- 3.13.0-29.53
- 3.13.0-30.54
- 3.13.0-30.55
- 3.13.0-32.57
- 3.13.0-33.58
- 3.13.0-34.60
- 3.13.0-35.62
- 3.13.0-36.63
- 3.13.0-37.64
- 3.13.0-39.66
- 3.13.0-40.69
- 3.13.0-41.70
- 3.13.0-43.72
- 3.13.0-44.73
- 3.13.0-45.74
- 3.13.0-46.75
- 3.13.0-46.76
- 3.13.0-46.77
- 3.13.0-46.79
- 3.13.0-48.80
- 3.13.0-49.81
- 3.13.0-49.83
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.13.0-51.84
Update to 3.13.0-51.84
linux-lts-utopic Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2
- 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-28.37~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-28.38~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-31.41~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-31.43~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
- 3.16.0-34.47~14.04.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 3.16.0-36.48~14.04.1
Update to 3.16.0-36.48~14.04.1
Original sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153329.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032414
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/18
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2666