Bypassing Secure Boot Restrictions in Linux Kernel

CVE-2015-7837 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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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