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.
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Information
Published : 2014-01-18 14:55
Updated : 2017-08-28 18:34
NVD link : CVE-2014-1446
Mitre link : CVE-2014-1446
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CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel