CVE-2014-1739

Kernel: drivers: media: an information leakage

Published Jun 23, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1813 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.
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