CVE-2014-9322 Privilege escalation in n/a
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9322 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-9322 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Dec 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9322 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9322/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9322/index.md)
Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting improper handling of Stack Segment faults in the Linux kernel via IRET instructions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9322?
CVE-2014-9322 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Dec 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9322?
It affects 6 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debug Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-headers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-xen Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-xen-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-xen-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debug Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-headers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-xen Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-xen-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel-xen-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-400.1.1.el5 |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7 |
kernel-abi-whitelists Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7 |
kernel-debug Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7 |
kernel-debug-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7 |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Google Android, Linux kernel, Opensuse Evergreen, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9322?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2014-9322 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9322 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9322, GHSA-h8qx-jqqh-5mjc, RHSA-2014:1998, RHSA-2014:2008, RHSA-2014:2009, RHSA-2014:2010 and 6 more.