CVE-2014-1739

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59597
• http://speirofr.appspot.com/cve-2014-1739-kernel-infoleak-vulnerability-in-media_enum_entities.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68048
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2259-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2261-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2263-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2264-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109774
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1739

CWEs

CWE-200