VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-1444

CVSS score1.7 LOW
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-01-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

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