CVE-2015-7837 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2015-7837 Interim 1 22 2025-04-22T23:47:17Z current 2021-05-30T13:34:25Z 2025-04-22T23:47:17Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2015-7837 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. The CVRF data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0). https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/ SUSE Security Ratings HPE Helion OpenStack 8 SUSE Liberty Linux 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for Teradata SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-3.10.0-327.el7 kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-327.el7 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Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-default as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-default-base as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-default-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-default-man as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-macros as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-source as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 kernel-default as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-default-base as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-default-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-default-man as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-devel as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 kernel-macros as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 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SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-default-kgraft as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-devel as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-macros as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source-azure as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-default as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-default-base as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-default-devel as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-default-kgraft as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-devel as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-macros as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source-azure as a component of SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 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. 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