What is CVE-2015-4692?

CVE-2015-4692 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2015-4692 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-4692?

CVE-2015-4692 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-4692?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-4692. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2015-4692 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-4692 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2015-4692

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-07-27

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2015-4692 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160829.html
Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161144.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00049.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00011.html
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/1
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75142
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032798
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2680-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2681-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2682-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2683-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2684-1
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770

Vendor Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce40cd3fc7fa40a6119e5fe6c0f2bc0eb4541009
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2015-4692

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-07-27

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4692?

CVE-2015-4692 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2015-4692 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-4692?

CVE-2015-4692 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2015-4692?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2015-4692. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2015-4692 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2015-4692 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.