Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-9895
Published: August 6, 2016 / Updated: November 28, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92454
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9895
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error within the __media_device_enum_links() function in drivers/media/media-device.c. A local non-authenticated attacker can gain access to sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9895
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92222
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c88e739b1fad662240e99ecbd0bdaac871717987
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm/commit/?id=cc4b26575602e492efd986e9a6ffc4278cee53b5