ghsa-6xw6-844p-jv4v
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 01:27
Modified
2025-04-11 04:18
Details

The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-1446"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2014-01-18T22:55:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.",
  "id": "GHSA-6xw6-844p-jv4v",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T04:18:16Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T01:27:12Z",
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