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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.51% · top 57% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (18)

• SUSE-SU-2014:0683 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 67302 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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=2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f (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
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
• 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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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:50 UTC.