DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7837

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7837 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	linux	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Sep 19, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7837 advisory

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