** Description changed:

- Malicious user code can cause some fraction of NMIs to be ignored.
+ arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64
+ platform does not properly determine when nested NMI processing is
+ occurring, which allows local users to cause a denial of service
+ (skipped NMI) by modifying the rsp register, issuing a syscall
+ instruction, and triggering an NMI.
  
  Break-Fix: 3f3c8b8c4b2a34776c3470142a7c8baafcda6eb0
  810bc075f78ff2c221536eb3008eac6a492dba2d

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