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CVE-2014-9322

Date: December 17, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (26)

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/6

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0009.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2

Url: http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36266

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1998.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2031.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html

Url: http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html

Url: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-170

Url: https://help.joyent.com/entries/98788667-Security-Advisory-ZDI-CAN-3263-ZDI-CAN-3284-and-ZDI-CAN-3364-Vulnerabilities

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9322

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9322

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172806

Url: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.5

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2008.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2028.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2

Url: http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/115919

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9322

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/62336

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9322

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2014-9322

Date: December 17, 2014

Language: C

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