UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9900

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9900

    Published: 6 Aug 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9900
    Aliases:
    USN-3358-1
    USN-3359-1
    USN-3360-1

    Summary:

    Details: The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803952 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570754.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9900, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html, https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=63c317dbee97983004dffdd9f742a20d17150071, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3358-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3359-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3364-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3364-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3364-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3371-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9900

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-125.174

    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