{"id":"CVE-2015-2666","details":"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for write access to the initrd.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:13:54.206742Z","published":"2015-05-27T10:59:04Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:13:54.206742Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:1071-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153329.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1534.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032414"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/18"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f84598bd7c851f8b0bf8cd0d7c3be0d73c432ff4"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}