CVE-2014-9322

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    CVE-2014-9322

    Published: 17 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1998.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2008.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2028.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-2031.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0009.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/62336, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html, http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36266, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/6, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1, http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-170, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172806, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441, https://help.joyent.com/entries/98788667-Security-Advisory-ZDI-CAN-3263-ZDI-CAN-3284-and-ZDI-CAN-3364-Vulnerabilities, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.5, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722450701342&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142722544401658&w=2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/6, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.5, http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36266, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/6, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172806, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.5, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172806, https://help.joyent.com/entries/98788667-Security-Advisory-ZDI-CAN-3263-ZDI-CAN-3284-and-ZDI-CAN-3364-Vulnerabilities, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441, http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/115919

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High