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linux — security advisory
The raw_cmd_copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.14.4-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2014-1737
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 21:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The raw_cmd_copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1737
linux
Fixed versions: 3.14.4-1
linux
Fixed versions: 3.14.4-1
linux
Fixed versions: 3.14.4-1
Complete source record
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