CVE-2014-1446

Summary

CVECVE-2014-1446
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-18 22:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.001540000 probability, percentile 0.357390000 (date 2026-05-03)

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.12.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.12.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.12.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.12.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.12.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.12.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2139-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2135-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: assorted kernel infoleak security fixes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:038 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: kernel-3.12.8-300.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2129-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
hamradio/yam: fix info leak in ioctl · torvalds/linux@8e3fbf8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
USN-2113-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2136-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2128-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug 1053620 – CVE-2014-1446 Kernel: hamradio/yam: information leak in ioctl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-2141-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2117-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2138-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2134-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel 'hamradio/yam.c' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: kernel-3.12.8-200.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2133-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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