CVE - CVE-2014-1738

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1738	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The raw_cmd_copyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20140509 Linux kernel floppy ioctl kernel code execution URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/2 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094299 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f CONFIRM:http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html CONFIRM:http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html DEBIAN:DSA-2926 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926 DEBIAN:DSA-2928 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2928 REDHAT:RHSA-2014:0800 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0800.html REDHAT:RHSA-2014:0801 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0801.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0667 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00007.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2014:0683 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html BID:67302 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67302 SECTRACK:1030474 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030474 SECUNIA:59309 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59309 SECUNIA:59599 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59599 SECUNIA:59262 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59262 SECUNIA:59406 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59406
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Date Entry Created
20140129	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20140129)
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