Uninitialized Data Structure Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's media_device_enum_entities Function

CVE-2014-1739 · LOW Severity

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

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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