CVE-2014-8709

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.13.4; 3.13, 3.13.1, 3.13.2, 3.13.3

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/09/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70965
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98922
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338f977f4eb441e69bb9a46eaa0ac715c931a67f

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