CVE-2014-4027

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4027
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-23 11:21:18 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe rd_build_device_space function in drivers/target/target_core_rd.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from ramdisk_mcp memory by leveraging access to a SCSI initiator.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager 12.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Application Delivery Controller 4.5.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Cloud All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Device All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Security All All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2334-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[PATCH] target: Explicitly clear ramdisk_mcp backend pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 permalink.gmane.org Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1319-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Linux kernel / target information leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA61310 - F5 Multiple Products Linux Kernel Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Security Advisory SA60564 - Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Security Advisory SA59134 - Linux Kernel SCSI Initiator I/O Operations Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Security Advisory SA59777 - Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1316-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1108744 – CVE-2014-4027 Kernel: target/rd: imformation leakage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
target/rd: Refactor rd_build_device_space + rd_release_device_space · torvalds/linux@4442dc8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-2335-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
SOL15685 - Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2014-3940 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com Third Party Advisory
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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