CVE-2014-9419
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…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.44%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
19
- FEDORA-2015-0517 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-2515-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f647d7c155f069c1a068030255c300663516420e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2542-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2541-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177260 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2518-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-0515 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 71794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:0529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141225 Re: CVE Request: Linux x86_64 userspace address leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2517-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f647d7c155f069c1a068030255c300663516420e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0714 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2516-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-9240 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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