CVE-2014-1444

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Published 2014-01-18 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.7

Description

The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.

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.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
3.11.5	Affected	—
3.11.4	Affected	—
3.11.3	Affected	—
3.11.2	Affected	—
3.11.1	Affected	—
3.11	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.12.6-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.12.6-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.12.6-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.12.6-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.12.6-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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