CVE-2014-9644

CVE Details

Release Date:	2013-03-04
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users toload 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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3502	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3503	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.15.el5uek)	ELSA-2016-3503	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.15.el5uek)	ELSA-2016-3503	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el6uek)	ELSA-2015-3012	2015-03-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3012	2015-03-19
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3502	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3503	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.15.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3503	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 6 (ofa-2.6.32-400.37.15.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3503	2016-01-08
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-68.el7uek)	ELSA-2015-3012	2015-03-19
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2015-2152	2015-11-24
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2015-3012	2015-03-19
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2015-0040	2015-04-06