UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4692

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CVE-2015-4692
Published: 22 Jun 2015, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Jun 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The kvm_apic_has_events function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h in the Linux kernel through 4.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging /dev/kvm access for an ioctl call.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-58.97

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-44.59~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-23.24~14.04.1

References (10)