FKIE_CVE-2014-1445

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-01-18 22:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:04
Severity
Summary
The wanxl_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/wanxl.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 via an ioctl call.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b13d06c9584b4eb773f1e80bbaedab9a1c344e1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15/3Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64953
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053613
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90444
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b13d06c9584b4eb773f1e80bbaedab9a1c344e1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b13d06c9584b4eb773f1e80bbaedab9a1c344e1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15/3Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64953
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053613
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90444
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b13d06c9584b4eb773f1e80bbaedab9a1c344e1Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 3.11
linux linux_kernel 3.11.1
linux linux_kernel 3.11.2
linux linux_kernel 3.11.3
linux linux_kernel 3.11.4
linux linux_kernel 3.11.5
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