CVE-2014-1444 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.07% · 21.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.07%
21.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux0, 3.11.0-12.19
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-wily0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux0

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