CVE-2015-7837

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7837
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-7837.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-7837
Downstream
Published
2017-09-19T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt, and Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows local users to bypass intended securelevel/secureboot restrictions by leveraging improper handling of secure_boot flag across kexec reboot.

References

Affected packages