CVE-2014-1737 | BDVDB-2026-61492 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67300
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59262
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef87dbe7614341c2e7bfe8d32fcb7028cc97442c
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59309
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59406
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2928
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094299
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0800.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59599
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00007.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030474
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.