{"cve":"CVE-2014-9090","nvd":{"published":"2014-11-30T01:59:08.460","modified":"2026-06-17T00:17:44.800","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-17"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/62336"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:34:45.729216538+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-9090","score":0.00376,"percentile":0.31565,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}