CVE-2014-1738

low
Published 2014-05-11 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

The raw_cmd_copyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.

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 Linux kernel Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Affected โ€”
redhat Red Hat Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
6.3 Affected โ€”
5.6 Affected โ€”
suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
11 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Mixed 7 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.14.4-1
sid Fixed 3.14.4-1
forky Fixed 3.14.4-1
bullseye Fixed 3.14.4-1
bookworm Fixed 3.14.4-1
7.0 Affected โ€”
6.0 Affected โ€”

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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

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