CVE-2014-1446: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.12.7; version 3.12 only; version 3.12.1 only; version 3.12.2 only; version 3.12.3 only; version 3.12.4 only; …

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