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CVE-2014-1444

Published: Jan 18, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7

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vdb-entry

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linux-kernel-cve20141444-info-disc(90443)

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96b340406724d87e4621284ebac5e059d67b2194

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20140115 Re: CVE request: assorted kernel infoleak security fixes

mailing-list

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/96b340406724d87e4621284ebac5e059d67b2194

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053610

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