CVE-2014-1446

low
Published 2014-01-18 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
1.9
VIR risk
1.9

Description

The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1446

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e3fbf870481eb53b2d3a322d1fc395ad8b367ed

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.12.8-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.12.8-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.12.8-1
debian debiansidfixed3.12.8-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.12.8-1
linux linux-kernelaffected
linux linux-kernel3.12affected
linux linux-kernel3.12.1affected
linux linux-kernel3.12.2affected
linux linux-kernel3.12.3affected
linux linux-kernel3.12.4affected
linux linux-kernel3.12.5affected
linux linux-kernel3.12.6affected

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.