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CVE-2014-9322
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)…
High7.8EPSS 1.5%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (22)
- USN-2491-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- HPSBGN03285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172806 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- HPSBGN03282 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- https://help.joyent.com/entries/98788667-Security-Advisory-ZDI-CAN-3263-ZDI-CAN-3284-and-ZDI-CAN-3364-Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:2008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62336 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1998 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 36266 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:2028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:2031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 115919 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141215 Linux kernel: multiple x86_64 vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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