What is CVE-2014-9090?

CVE-2014-9090 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2014-9090 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9090?

CVE-2014-9090 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-9090?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-9090. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2014-9090 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-9090 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-9090

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-11-30

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-17

CVE-2014-9090 is classified as CWE-17

See CWE-17 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2014-9090 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62336
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3093
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/5
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-9090

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-11-30

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9090?

CVE-2014-9090 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2014-9090 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9090?

CVE-2014-9090 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-9090?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-9090. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2014-9090 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2014-9090 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.