The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1813 The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:50:11.338Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-1739

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-06-23T11:21:17.730

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-1739

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-04-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1739 - Bugzilla

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