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…

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 module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.71% · top 46% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-269 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (20)

• https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2016:0068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2544-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-3170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20150124 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel crypto api unprivileged arbitrary module load (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-2546-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [linux-kernel] 20130304 Re: user ns: arbitrary module loading (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-2514-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185469 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2015:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• USN-2545-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 72322 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• USN-2513-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-2543-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 18:09 UTC.