Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2014-1737
The raw_cmd_copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.
EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Linux Linux_kernel
- Oracle Linux — versions 5, 6
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 5.6, 6.3
- Suse Linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension — versions 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_real_time_extension — versions 11
- Suse Linux_enterprise_server — versions 11
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)