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CVE-2014-1738
- Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2014-05-11 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-200
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.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0
- Linux kernel: through 3.14.3
- Oracle Corporation Oracle Linux: 5, 6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 5.6, 6.3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 11-sp3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension: 11-sp3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension: 11-sp3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp3
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0800.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0801.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59262
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59599
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926
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