CVE-2014-9419
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 26, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 25, 2014
Description
The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not ensure that Thread Local Storage (TLS) descriptors are loaded before proceeding with other steps, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a TLS base address.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- FEDORA-2015-0517vendor-advisory
- USN-2515-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f647d7c155f069c1a068030255c300663516420e
- USN-2542-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:0736vendor-advisory
- USN-2541-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177260
- USN-2518-1vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2015:058vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-0515vendor-advisory
- 71794vdb-entry
- SUSE-SU-2015:0529vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20141225 Re: CVE Request: Linux x86_64 userspace address leakmailing-list
- USN-2517-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f647d7c155f069c1a068030255c300663516420e
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0714vendor-advisory
- DSA-3128vendor-advisory
- USN-2516-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:1081vendor-advisory
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