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CVE-2014-0206

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-06-25 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a large head value.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 3.15.1

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59278
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68176
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030479
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094602
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edfbbf388f29
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.46
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.24
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.10

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