The raw_cmd_copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2014-05-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:50:11.078Z

Reserved: 2014-01-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-1737

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-11T21:55:05.810

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:04:55.980

Link: CVE-2014-1737

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-05-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1737 - Bugzilla