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) segment register, which...
- Published
- Dec 17, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Mar 4, 2015
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 73.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
3CVE-2014-9322 (a.k.a BadIRET) proof of concept for Linux
Emeric Nasi · linux_x86-64 · Mar 4, 2015
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