CVE-2014-1444

Severity: low (CVSS 1.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.11.6; 3.11, 3.11.1, 3.11.2, 3.11.3, 3.11.4, 3.11.5

References

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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64952
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053610
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90443
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/96b340406724d87e4621284ebac5e059d67b2194
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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15/3

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