CVE-2014-9090 (GCVE-0-2014-9090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-30 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:33
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Summary
The do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.4 does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a modify_ldt system call, as demonstrated by sigreturn_32 in the linux-clock-tests test suite.
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