Uninitialized Data Structure Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's wanxl_ioctl Function

CVE-2014-1445 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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