CVE-2014-1446

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    CVE-2014-1446

    Published: 18 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:038, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e3fbf870481eb53b2d3a322d1fc395ad8b367ed, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053620, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e3fbf870481eb53b2d3a322d1fc395ad8b367ed, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126858.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126874.html, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15/3, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64954, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90445

    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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