CVE-2014-1737

La función raw_cmd_copyin en drivers/block/floppy.c en el kernel de Linux hasta 3.14.3 no maneja debidamente condiciones de error durante el procesado de una llamada FDRAWCMD ioctl, lo que permite a usuarios locales provocar operaciones kfree y ganar privilegios mediante el aprovechamiento de acceso de escritura hacia un dispositivo /dev/fd.

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free (using the kfree() function) arbitrary kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1737, Important)

It was found that the Linux kernel's floppy driver leaked internal kernel memory addresses to user space during the processing of the FDRAWCMD IOCTL command. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to obtain information about the kernel heap arrangement. (CVE-2014-1738, Low)

Note: A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use these two flaws (CVE-2014-1737 in combination with CVE-2014-1738) to escalate their privileges on the system.