Security Advisory

CVE-2014-9322

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2014-12-17 11:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-06 13:40:25

Assigner mitre

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

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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