CVE-2014-9644 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/24/4 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72320 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2543-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2544-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2545-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2546-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190546 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4943ba16bbc2db05115707b3ff7b4874e9e3c560 https://plus.google.com/+MathiasKrause/posts/PqFCo4bfrWu