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Bug 501206

Summary: Kernel: net/wan: Uninitialized data read (CVE-2014-1445)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot <glsamaker>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: [ < 3.11.7 ]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2014-02-13 15:35:48 UTC 
CVE-2014-1445 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1445):
  The wanxl_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/wanxl.c in the Linux kernel
  before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which
  allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via an
  ioctl call.