CVE-2015-2666
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2666
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-2666.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-2666
- Downstream
BELL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
RHSA (2)
SUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:13:54Z
- Published
- 2015-05-27T10:59:04Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:13:54Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153329.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4