CVE-2014-0206

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    CVE-2014-0206

    Published: 25 Jun 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a large head value.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/59278, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68176, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030479, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094602, https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edfbbf388f29, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.46, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.24, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.10, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.3, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094602, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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