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CVE-2014-4027
medium
Description
The rd_build_device_space function in drivers/target/target_core_rd.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from ramdisk_mcp memory by leveraging access to a SCSI initiator.
References
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/600/sol15685.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4442dc8a92b8f9ad8ee9e7f8438f4c04c03a22dc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108744
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/11/1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html