CVE-2014-1446 Information disclosure in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1446, GHSA-6xw6-844p-jv4v.