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CVE-2014-9585
- Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2015-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Description
The vdso_addr function in arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 does not properly choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 21
- Linux kernel: through 3.18.2
- openSUSE Evergreen: 11.4
- Opensuse: 13.1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Aus: 6.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 (+1)
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 6.6, 7.3, 7.6, 7.7
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: 11-sp3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp1, 11-sp2, 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bc3b94c31d65e761ddfe150d02932c65971b74e2
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fbe1bf140671619508dfa575d74a185ae53c5dbb
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148480.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1081.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html
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