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CVE-2014-9644
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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.55%
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- mitre
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (19)
- 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
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190546 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- USN-2514-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
- 72320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2545-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2513-1 (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=4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2543-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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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