CVE-2014-0206

low
Published 2014-06-25 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a large head value.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ€” if you've already worked around this in production โ€” publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

linux Linux kernel Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
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debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.14.10-1
sid Fixed 3.14.10-1
forky Fixed 3.14.10-1
bullseye Fixed 3.14.10-1
bookworm Fixed 3.14.10-1

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.