Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0009-01

Red Hat Security Advisory 2015-0009-01 – The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled GS segment register base switching when recovering from a #SS fault on an erroneous return to user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.