** Description changed:

- High impact NMI bug on x86_64
+ arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 4.1.6 on the x86_64
+ platform improperly relies on espfix64 during nested NMI processing,
+ which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI within
+ a certain instruction window.
  
  Break-Fix: - 9b6e6a8334d56354853f9c255d1395c2ba570e0a

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