Security Advisory

CVE-2014-9419

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2014-12-26 00:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-06 13:40:25

Assigner mitre

State PUBLISHED

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.

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