CVE-2014-1444
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1444
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-1444.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-1444
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:12:30.735740Z
- Published
- 2014-01-18T22:55:03Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:12:30.735740Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The fstgetiface 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 CAPNETADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.
- References
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- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15/3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/96b340406724d87e4621284ebac5e059d67b2194
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053610
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96b340406724d87e4621284ebac5e059d67b2194
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64952
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90443