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kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command

Published May 11, 2014

Description

The raw_cmd_copyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published May 11, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 29, 2014
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date May 7, 2014