Categories: Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Kernel
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. [NIST-CVE-2014-9322]