arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.17.5 does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an IRET instruction that leads to access to a GS Base address from the wrong space.
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Information
Published : 2014-12-17 03:59
Updated : 2023-01-17 13:29
NVD link : CVE-2014-9322
Mitre link : CVE-2014-9322
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CWE
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
Products Affected
- android
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
suse
- suse_linux_enterprise_server
opensuse
- evergreen
linux
- linux_kernel
redhat
- enterprise_linux_eus