CVE-2014-1444: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 1.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.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 by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.11.6; version 3.11 only; version 3.11.1 only; version 3.11.2 only; version 3.11.3 only; version 3.11.4 only; …

Published 2014-01-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.