FKIE_CVE-2015-2666

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-05-27 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:24
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153329.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/18Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032414Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153329.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/18Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032414Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4Patch
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fedoraproject fedora 21
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