CVE-2014-9090

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.043

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-55.1.2.el6uek update (ELSA-2014-3106) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-55.1.2.el6uek-0.4.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-55.1.2.el7uek update (ELSA-2014-3106) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-55.1.2.el7uek-0.4.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el6uek update (ELSA-2015-3012) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el6uek-0.4.3-4.el6.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el7uek update (ELSA-2015-3012) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el7uek-0.4.3-4.el7.x86_64.rpm	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234