CVE-2014-9644
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 2, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 24, 2015
Description
The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
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References
- https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu
- RHSA-2016:0068vendor-advisory
- USN-2544-1vendor-advisory
- DSA-3170vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190546
- [oss-security] 20150124 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel crypto api unprivileged arbitrary module loadmailing-list
- USN-2546-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- USN-2514-1vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2015:057vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- MDVSA-2015:058vendor-advisory
- 72320vdb-entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560
- USN-2545-1vendor-advisory
- USN-2513-1vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560
- USN-2543-1vendor-advisory
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