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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…
High7.2EPSS 0.45%
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- Chrome
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (18)
- 67300 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0683 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 59262 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef87dbe7614341c2e7bfe8d32fcb7028cc97442c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59309 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 59406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2928 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094299 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0800 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140509 Linux kernel floppy ioctl kernel code execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 59599 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2926 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1030474 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef87dbe7614341c2e7bfe8d32fcb7028cc97442c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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