CVE-2014-1739

Low

Description

The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 23, 2014
First seenJun 23, 2014

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel3.14.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 3.14.63.14.6
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 13.10—
suse linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension11—
suse suse_linux_enterprise_desktop11—
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server11—

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