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Linux kernel privilege escalation due to nested NMIs interrupting espfix64 - affecting version 3.13 and newer (Reddit)

2015-08-05 00:18

News URL

http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/3ft847/linux_kernel_privilege_escalation_due_to_nested/

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VENDOR	LAST 12M	#/PRODUCTS	LOW	MEDIUM	HIGH	CRITICAL	TOTAL VULNS
Linux		11	65	3146	1843	67	5121
Kernel		3	0	8	4	1	13

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