{"id":"CVE-2014-9090","details":"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in the linux-clock-tests test suite.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:13:29.274674Z","published":"2014-11-30T01:59:08Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:13:29.274674Z","related":["MGASA-2015-0006","SUSE-RU-2015:0621-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1","SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1","SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/62336"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3093"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/5"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}