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 Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2014-12-17T11:00:00
Updated: 2017-11-09T18:57:01
Reserved: 2014-12-07T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-9322
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2014-12-17T11:59:02.383
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:23:04.003
Link: CVE-2014-9322
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