CVE-2014-1446 Information disclosure in n/a

Low 1.9 Published Updated

Local attackers with CAP_NET_ADMIN can read sensitive kernel memory via an uninitialized structure in the yam driver.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-1446?

CVE-2014-1446 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jan 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1446?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1446?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1446 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1446, GHSA-6xw6-844p-jv4v.

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