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Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-4500071
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 15 Dec 2014
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Introduced: 15 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-9322 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-841 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-123.13.2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:2010.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High