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 socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-03-02 11:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- db15f82a2b3823d3fd0dbd14b74161873ac86f35bffa529df1aae169291118da
05 Affected products
06 References
- plus.google.comhttps://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0068http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2544-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3170http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190546
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150124 Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel crypto api unprivileged arbitrary module loadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2546-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2514-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:057http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:058http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058
- www.securityfocus.com72320http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72320
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2545-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2513-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2543-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-ckt4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-48.80
- linux-lts-utopic Fixed in 3.16.0-33.44~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.