UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1446

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1446

    Published: 18 Jan 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1446
    Aliases:
    USN-2113-1
    USN-2117-1
    USN-2128-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1446, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2113-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2117-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2128-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2129-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2133-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2134-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2135-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2136-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2138-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2139-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2141-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1446

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-1.16

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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