CVE-2014-4027

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    CVE-2014-4027

    Published: 23 Jun 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The rd_build_device_space function in drivers/target/target_core_rd.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from ramdisk_mcp memory by leveraging access to a SCSI initiator.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/59134, http://secunia.com/advisories/59777, http://secunia.com/advisories/60564, http://secunia.com/advisories/61310, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/11/1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108744, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4442dc8a92b8f9ad8ee9e7f8438f4c04c03a22dc, https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15685.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/11/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/11/1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108744, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4442dc8a92b8f9ad8ee9e7f8438f4c04c03a22dc, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108744, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4442dc8a92b8f9ad8ee9e7f8438f4c04c03a22dc, http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi.target.devel/6618

    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