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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2014-12-17T11:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T13:40:25.229Z
Reserved: 2014-12-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-9322
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2014-12-17T11:59:02.383
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:20:37.153
Link: CVE-2014-9322
Redhat