The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not ensure that Thread Local Storage…

Description

The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not ensure that Thread Local Storage (TLS) descriptors are loaded before proceeding with other steps, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a TLS base address.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• FEDORA-2015-0517 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-2515-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f647d7c155f069c1a068030255c300663516420e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2542-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-2541-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177260 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-2518-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-0515 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 71794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2015:0529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20141225 Re: CVE Request: Linux x86_64 userspace address leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-2517-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f647d7c155f069c1a068030255c300663516420e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0714 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• DSA-3128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-2516-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:1081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 13:40 UTC.